It’s not as though video games are brand new to U.S. Army recruitment, but the ubiquity (and growing accessibility) of esports has the potential to be the signal above the noise for appealing to young people.
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.
Amsterdam is Sony’s new headquarters, with no Brexit deal in sight and the March 29 deadline looming, and Sony isn’t the only company leaving town.
On top of making sure new games meet China’s ambiguous ethical standards, the newly formed committee is also reviewing titles that already launched.
The Online Games Ethics Committee will weigh the ethical merits of new video games