China
-
China seeks to curtail spending in online games
Sending Tencent and NetEase shares tumbling by $80bn.
-
"A strange warm snow refuses to melt and plunges the world into chaos."
-
NetEase's Blizzard team disbands following collapse of 14-year Chinese deal
Staff let go or reassigned.
-
China green-lights publishing 45 international games
The list includes Pokemon Unite, Don't Starve, and Valorant.
-
China says it's solved youth game addiction
Previously described as "spiritual opium".
-
Tencent is "aggressively seeking" majority stakes in more gaming companies
A new strategy will focus on "buying majority stakes mainly in overseas gaming companies".
-
Chinese government prevents children from tipping streamers, or streaming themselves
Part of wider crackdown on livestreaming "chaos".
-
China cracks down on livestreams of "unauthorised" games
"It still remains to be seen if this will be fully enforced across all games."