China Grants 86 Video Game Licenses

Kongru -- Superpixel China NPPA has issued a new wave of publishing license numbers for video games. Two games from Tencent and a game from NetEase were approved among a total of 70 games, a huge relief for the tech giants. Notable titles include Metal Slug: Awakening from Tencent, A Chinese Odyssey: Homecoming from NetEase, Retirement Simulator from XD, and the indie martial hero phenomenon The Scroll of Taiwu.

[b][i][url=https://www.superpixel.com/author/Weilin%20Li]Weilin Li [/url][/i][/b] According to mobile app data analysis firm Sensor Tower, there are 42 Chinese mobile games that earned more than 100 million USD from overseas markets in 2021, five more than in 2020. The United States has replaced Japan as the largest overseas market of revenue for Chinese mobile games. Generally, the pandemic has not impeded the revenue growth of global mobile game market last year.

In a very recent development, China has given the green light to 87 new video games, marking a big step in the recovery of its local gaming market. This move includes the approval of a popular title, “The Division Resurgence,” a mobile spin-off from Ubisoft‘s acclaimed Tom Clancy’s The Division series. The game, which enjoys backing from Tencent Holdings, is a third-person shooter and represents a key addition to Ubisoft’s gaming portfolio.