Analyst firm, Niko Partners, has released a new report detailing how China goes about approving (and denying) video games for release on console, PC, and now mobile.
It will still take some time while individual games get approved, but it’s a significant win for Nintendo, and could point towards their hopes for mobile gaming success in China.
Kabam is following through on its strong interest in expanding its mobile gaming business, and partnering with a Chinese service provider may help it overcome China’s strict approval process.
The NBA 2K League signed its first woman this week.
Taiwanese horror game Devotion mysteriously disappeared from Steam on Monday after Chinese nationalists review bombed the game on Steam. Previously, players found a joke comparing Chinese President Xi Jinping to Winnie the Pooh, which is a political meme censored in China.
Nine-month long backlog freezes approvals, but non-Chinese performances from Tencent and NetEase mobile games increase massively.
Quantic looks beyond PlayStation.
It’s been almost a year of slogging through China’s Online Game Ethics Committee and the government’s censorship. The freeze abated slightly two weeks ago, but NetEase and Tencent were conspicuously absent, until now.
Niko Partners has exclusively outlined to GameDaily how it views the Chinese and Southeast Asian game markets shaping up this year.
NetEase has also invested extensively in former Activision partner, Bungie.
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