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Re:Rumor: China's ethics board reviews 20 popular online gam... by throwaway2048 on Tuesday December 11, 2018 @02:35AM (#18653739)
Should be noted Tencent is a Chinese company, several of their games appear on this list.
Re:Rumor: China's ethics board reviews 20 popular online gam... by realusername on Tuesday December 11, 2018 @02:37AM (#18653751)
I'm pretty sure they will give Tencent's games a way to comply by changing some petty stuff and keep the others banned.
Re:Rumor: China's ethics board reviews 20 popular online gam... by chillacy on Tuesday December 11, 2018 @03:12AM (#18653879)
As someone else mentioned, Fortnite is tencents game, they’re a 40% stakeholder in epic and this is a huge upset for them. So maybe this is like you said temporary.
Re:Rumor: China's ethics board reviews 20 popular online gam... by toine_toine on Tuesday December 11, 2018 @02:41AM (#18653764)
Including the mobile version of PUBG (it was created completely in-house by Tencent).
Re:Rumor: China's ethics board reviews 20 popular online gam... by dole on Tuesday December 11, 2018 @12:44PM (#18657077)
There's actually multiple branches of PUBGMobile, a Chinese version (called TIMI) and the rest of the world (Lightspeed/Quantum.) Both were begun and developed in parallel, are pretty close in gameplay and mechanics but each has their nuances. The TIMI version notably has most of the premium clothing and items for free since lootbox systems are considered gambling in China. Also, green blood.