Netizen Voices: Family Planning in Online Games
Xu Youzhen, a video game designer based in Guangdong, recently wrote on Weibo that censors require...
Read MorePosted by Anne Henochowicz | Mar 20, 2015
Xu Youzhen, a video game designer based in Guangdong, recently wrote on Weibo that censors require...
Read MorePosted by Samuel Wade | Feb 5, 2011
Shenzhen-based Tencent reportedly paid almost $400 million to expand its stake in US social games developer Riot Games. From VentureBeat: The deal is another validation of the social game business, which is one of the hottest...
Read MorePosted by Paulina Hartono | Jul 31, 2010
China’s Ministry of Culture has issued new rules [CN] regulating online gaming. From Xinhua: China’s first regulation governing the booming market of on-line games will take effect on Sunday, which is expected to...
Read MorePosted by Liu Yong | Dec 25, 2009
From AFP: China has placed more than 4.65 million computers at some 80,000 Internet cafes under watch in a bid to crack down on violent or pornographic online games, state media reported Friday. Xinhua quoted Culture Minister...
Read MorePosted by Paulina Hartono | Nov 19, 2009
According to a statement released yesterday, the Ministry of Culture has set some standards [CN] to regulate online games. From AFP: China has vowed to tighten supervision of its fast-growing online games market, saying some...
Read MorePosted by cschultz | Jul 28, 2009
From the New York Times: On Monday, the Ministry of Culture issued a notice banning online games that feature Mafioso kingpins, marauding street gangs or any sort of hooliganism predisposed to organization. The decree, which...
Read MorePosted by Liu Yong | Jul 26, 2009
From Reuters: China plans to implement a five year program advocating clean online games, starting next year, an official from the General Administration of Press and Publication told an industry conference Wednesday. Earlier...
Read MorePosted by Xiao Qiang | Nov 4, 2005
From vnunet.com: Developers redesigning games to satisfy new regulations on playing time and age restrictions. Online gaming operators in China are racing to rewrite their software in preparation for stringent new regulations, according to an industry analyst. “The companies are looking at changing the game model to help the players reduce playing time,” said Jim […]
Read MorePosted by Liu Yong | Jun 30, 2005
From AFX, via Forbes.com: China’s government may issue a new strategy next month to encourage development in the online gaming industry, the China Daily reported, citing an official at the Ministry of Culture. Zhang Xinjian, deputy director general of the department of the culture market under the ministry, was cited as saying that his department, […]
Read MorePosted by Liu Yong | May 30, 2005
From Reuters: China is stepping up censorship of online gaming to root out pornography, eliminate threats to state security and to stop youths becoming addicted, Xinhua news agency said on Monday… New industry standards would require developers to amend games that can cause addiction and a group of “quality games” would be recommended, Xinhua said […]
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