China imposes online gaming curfew for minors in bid to fight addiction
5 years, 2 months ago

China imposes online gaming curfew for minors in bid to fight addiction

CNN  

Hong Kong CNN — China has announced a curfew on online gaming for minors among new measures aimed at curbing video game addiction. The official government guidelines will be applied to all online gaming platforms operating in the country, mostly notably Tencent, the world’s biggest gaming company. China is the world’s largest gaming market, accounting for a quarter of global revenue, according to market research firm Newzoo. Ivan Abreu/Getty Images AsiaPac/Getty Images for Hong Kong Touri Speaking to the state-run Xinhua News Agency, a spokesman for the administration said the new rules were aimed at creating a “clear internet space” and “protecting the physical and mental health of minors.” “ has emphasized on the responsibility of the corporations, and has executed the government’s duty to supervise the problem,” the spokesman said.

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Setting the standard for games juveniles play
7 months, 1 week ago

Setting the standard for games juveniles play

China Daily  

A gaming fan takes part in an online King of Glory playing competition. Against the regulation that requires real-name registration and limits juvenile user's usage time, some children are using their parents' login credentials to spend more time online and even making use of their payment options to splurge. It is against this backdrop that the Internet Society of China …

Games, literature see online growth
9 months, 1 week ago

Games, literature see online growth

China Daily  

LIANG LUWEN/FOR CHINA DAILY After several decades of development, Chinese cultural industries, such as online literature and video games, have created products that enrich global culture with creativity, imagination and local elements, appealing to both domestic consumers and those from overseas. Black Myth symbolized a significant leap forward for China's gaming sector, heralding a new era where advanced technology, innovative …

Games, literature see online growth
9 months, 1 week ago

Games, literature see online growth

China Daily  

LIANG LUWEN/FOR CHINA DAILY After several decades of development, Chinese cultural industries, such as online literature and video games, have created products that enrich global culture with creativity, imagination and local elements, appealing to both domestic consumers and those from overseas. Black Myth symbolized a significant leap forward for China's gaming sector, heralding a new era where advanced technology, innovative …

Regulating India’s online gaming industry
1 year ago

Regulating India’s online gaming industry

The Hindu  

As we know, market failures manifesting in various forms such as monopolies, externalities, and information asymmetries not only diminish economic value but also erode societal well-being, which results in decline in the trust of users. The online gaming industry in India is predominantly a home-grown start-up ecosystem growing at 27% CAGR. Similar to other forms of digital media, the meteoric …

China approves 105 online games after draft curbs trigger massive losses
1 year ago

China approves 105 online games after draft curbs trigger massive losses

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — China’s press and publications authority has approved 105 new online games, saying it fully supports the industry after proposed curbs caused massive losses last week for investors in major games makers. The National Press and Publication Administration issued a statement on its WeChat social media account Monday saying the approvals by the Game Working Committee of China Music …

China drafts new rules proposing restrictions on online gaming
1 year ago

China drafts new rules proposing restrictions on online gaming

Hindustan Times  

China released draft guidelines on Friday aimed at curbing excessive spending on online gaming in the latest move by the ruling Communist Party to keep control of the virtual economy. China's gaming regulator, the National Press and Publication Administration, issued guidelines saying online games cannot offer incentives for daily log-ins or purchases. Other restrictions include limiting how much users can …

‘Very concerned about Lava chief Rai’s arrest’
1 year, 3 months ago

‘Very concerned about Lava chief Rai’s arrest’

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The arrest of a top Lava International Ltd executive is concerning given the phonemaker’s position as a leading Indian brand in the growing smartphone industry, Union minister of state for information technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar said. The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday arrested Hari Om Rai, co-founder, chairman and managing director of Lava, as well as three officials linked to …

China proposes to limit children's smartphone time to a maximum of 2 hours a day
1 year, 5 months ago

China proposes to limit children's smartphone time to a maximum of 2 hours a day

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy China’s internet watchdog has laid …

China’s video game makers come in from the cold as crackdown eases
1 year, 11 months ago

China’s video game makers come in from the cold as crackdown eases

The Hindu  

China's end to a sweeping crackdown on its video games market is expected to breathe life back into the battered industry this year, but remaining restrictions on some content and economic headwinds will limit the extent of the recovery. Shares of Tencent, the world's largest gaming company, and NetEase rose this week after China's video games regulator granted the first …

China keeping 1 hour daily limit on kids’ online games
1 year, 11 months ago

China keeping 1 hour daily limit on kids’ online games

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — As the week-long Lunar New Year holidays in China draw near with promises of feasts and red envelopes stuffed with cash, children have another thing to look forward to –- one extra hour of online games each day. For years, Chinese authorities have sought to control how much time kids can spend playing games online, to fight …

China grants gaming license to NetEase, 1st since crackdown
2 years, 4 months ago

China grants gaming license to NetEase, 1st since crackdown

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy China’s second largest gaming firm …

Tencent profit halves as crackdown, COVID-19 weigh
2 years, 7 months ago

Tencent profit halves as crackdown, COVID-19 weigh

Al Jazeera  

The world’s largest video game company said ad sales slumped 18 percent in the first quarter ending March 31. The operator of the WeChat messaging platform and the world’s largest video game company said ad sales slumped 18 percent in the first quarter ended March 31, following a 13 percent drop in the October-December period. In a call with analysts, …

Gaming disorder increases during pandemic
3 years, 3 months ago

Gaming disorder increases during pandemic

The Hindu  

Anand*, a jovial extroverted 15-year-old in Bengaluru, got a personal smartphone for the first time last year when schools were closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and online classes began. The World Health Organization categorised gaming disorder as a mental health condition in 2018, but as the pandemic increased screen time across age groups, concerns have been growing. In India, …

India's Silicon Valley state seeks to ban online gaming, worrying booming industry
3 years, 3 months ago

India's Silicon Valley state seeks to ban online gaming, worrying booming industry

The Hindu  

The Indian state of Karnataka, home to India's Silicon Valley, has proposed a ban on online games involving betting and wagering, sparking concerns that growing state regulations could hit the nascent but booming sector. It comes as online fantasy gaming platforms such as Tiger Global-backed Dream11 and Sequoia Capital-funded Mobile Premier League that offer fantasy cricket and football games have …

Parents in China laud rule limiting video game time for kids
3 years, 3 months ago

Parents in China laud rule limiting video game time for kids

Associated Press  

Li Zhanguo’s two children, ages 4 and 8, don’t have their own smartphones, but like millions of other Chinese children, they are no strangers to online gaming. “If my children get their hands on our mobile phones or an iPad, and if we don’t closely monitor their screen time, they can play online games for as long as three to …

China slows game approvals to enforce tough new rules
3 years, 3 months ago

China slows game approvals to enforce tough new rules

The Hindu  

China is reviewing new games to ensure they meet stricter criteria for content and protection of children, Bloomberg News said on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. The media watchdog is re-evaluating titles submitted for approval by game developers from Tencent Holdings Ltd to Netease Inc to make sure they comply with fresh curbs imposed in August, the report …

Anxiety about gaming should be over money and not morals
3 years, 4 months ago

Anxiety about gaming should be over money and not morals

Live Mint  

It’s tempting to mark last week’s news of video-game restrictions in China and a UK law intended to make the internet safer for children as just another episode in the long, ludicrous history of moral panic in gaming. Arcade classic Space Invaders was once described in UK Parliament as an addictive trigger for “theft, blackmail and vice.” Yet, some of …

The truth behind China’s online gaming crackdown
3 years, 4 months ago

The truth behind China’s online gaming crackdown

Wired  

Zhu Jingtong was shocked. “We found out at the same time as everyone found out.” Xinhua, China’s national wire service, had just announced new limits on the time that Chinese children could spend playing online video games. “The restrictions were already strict,” says Zhu, referring to 2019 regulations that had already proscribed minors to playing 1.5 hours on any day, …

Here’s how China is limiting online gaming for children
3 years, 4 months ago

Here’s how China is limiting online gaming for children

Live Mint  

Earlier this week, China introduced new rules that limit the amount of time under-18s can spend on video games to three hours a week, a move it said was necessary to combat gaming addiction. Authorities in China, the world's largest video games market, have worried for years about addiction to gaming and the internet among young people, setting up clinics …

Explained | Why and how China is drastically limiting online gaming for under 18s
3 years, 4 months ago

Explained | Why and how China is drastically limiting online gaming for under 18s

The Hindu  

China on Monday introduced new rules that limit the amount of time under-18s can spend on video games to three hours a week, a move it said was necessary to combat gaming addiction. The National Press and Publication Administration, the regulator which approves video game titles, said on Monday the new rules were a response to growing concern that games …

ANALYSIS: China extends control with online gaming crackdown
3 years, 4 months ago

ANALYSIS: China extends control with online gaming crackdown

Associated Press  

BEIJING — Hugely popular online games and celebrity culture in China are the latest targets in the ruling Communist Party’s campaign to encourage the public to fall in line with its vision for a powerful, more wholesome country. “This appears to be part of China’s push to ensure that the government is front and center in all aspects of its …

China allows children under 18 to play online games for one hour only on Fridays, weekends and holidays
3 years, 4 months ago

China allows children under 18 to play online games for one hour only on Fridays, weekends and holidays

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Chinese regulators on Monday further …

Three hours a week: Play time’s over for China’s young video gamers
3 years, 4 months ago

Three hours a week: Play time’s over for China’s young video gamers

The Hindu  

China has forbidden under-18s from playing video games for more than three hours a week, a stringent social intervention that it said was needed to pull the plug on a growing addiction to what it once described as "spiritual opium". Previously, China had limited the length of time under-18s could play video games to 1.5 hours on any day and …

China bans kids from playing online video games during the week
3 years, 4 months ago

China bans kids from playing online video games during the week

CNN  

Hong Kong/Beijing CNN Business — China has barred online gamers under the age of 18 from playing on weekdays and limited their play to justthree hours most weekends, marking a significant escalation of restrictions on the country’s massive gaming industry. “That said, we believe this will still represent another setback to the industry and potentially send another wave of negative …

China limits mobile gaming time to three hours for minors: Report
3 years, 4 months ago

China limits mobile gaming time to three hours for minors: Report

Hindustan Times  

The Chinese government on Tuesday announced a set of rules where it cracked down on children’s mobile gaming time as it continues to exert its control over the nation’s technology sector. The new rule decreases the gaming time for children to three hours on maximum weeks of the year. Earlier, the Chinese government allowed minors to spend 90 minutes per …

China limits videogames to three hours a week for young people
3 years, 4 months ago

China limits videogames to three hours a week for young people

Live Mint  

SINGAPORE : China has a new rule for the country’s hundreds of millions of young gamers: No videogames during the school week, and one hour a day on Fridays, weekends and public holidays. China on Monday issued strict new measures aimed at curbing what authorities describe as youth videogame addiction, which they blame for a host of societal ills, including …

China forbids minors from gaming more than three hours per week
3 years, 4 months ago

China forbids minors from gaming more than three hours per week

Al Jazeera  

Tencent and NetEase can only offer online gaming to minors from 8pm to 9pm on Fridays, weekends and holidays. China will limit the amount of time children can play videogames to just three hours most weeks, a dramatic escalation of restrictions which dealt a blow to the world’s largest mobile gaming market, as Beijing signaled it would continue a campaign …

Tencent limits gaming for kids after official media critique
3 years, 5 months ago

Tencent limits gaming for kids after official media critique

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — China’s biggest gaming company, Tencent Holdings, said Tuesday it will limit gaming time for minors and ban children under age 12 from making in-game purchases after a state media article called games “spiritual opium.” Tencent’s pledge to curb gaming for minors came hours after the company’s stock plunged as much as 11% following a critique published by …

Tencent vows fresh gaming curbs after 'spiritual opium' attack zaps $60 billion
3 years, 5 months ago

Tencent vows fresh gaming curbs after 'spiritual opium' attack zaps $60 billion

The Hindu  

China's Tencent Holdings Ltd said on Tuesday it would further curb minors' access to its flagship video game, hours after its shares were battered by a state media article that described online games as "spiritual opium". Economic Information Daily cited Tencent's "Honor of Kings" in an article in which it said minors were addicted to online games and called for …

Chinese Board Coming After Tencent for 'Inappropriate' Content In Honor of Kings Game
3 years, 7 months ago

Chinese Board Coming After Tencent for 'Inappropriate' Content In Honor of Kings Game

News 18  

A Chinese public-interest group said on Tuesday it is suing Tencent over what it alleges is inappropriate content for minors in the top global game developer’s flagship video game, Honor of Kings. The suit, whose content Reuters could not independently confirm, also coincides with an unprecedented antitrust crackdown by Beijing on some of China’s biggest tech companies that sources told …

Online gaming companies see 24% spurt in traffic
4 years, 7 months ago

Online gaming companies see 24% spurt in traffic

The Hindu  

Online gaming companies have seen a 24% spurt in traffic, as working professionals and students turned to online games for entertainment and social connect amid the nationwide lockdown due to COVID-19, according to a recent report by Maple Capital Advisors. In these lockdown times, we see this consumption has grown at least 20-30% despite significant impact on live sports, a …

China has 850 mln online video users: report
4 years, 8 months ago

China has 850 mln online video users: report

China Daily  

E-commerce live streaming at a tea garden in Yichang, Central China's Hubei province, on April 16, 2020. As of March, the number of online video users in China had hit 850 million, up by 126 million from the end of 2018, according to a report on China's internet development released Tuesday. The online video users accounted for 94.1 percent of …

China has 850 mln online video users: report
4 years, 8 months ago

China has 850 mln online video users: report

China Daily  

E-commerce live streaming at a tea garden in Yichang, Central China's Hubei province, on April 16, 2020. As of March, the number of online video users in China had hit 850 million, up by 126 million from the end of 2018, according to a report on China's internet development released Tuesday. The online video users accounted for 94.1 percent of …

China bans children playing video games for more than 90 minutes a day or at night
5 years, 2 months ago

China bans children playing video games for more than 90 minutes a day or at night

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. China is the world's second biggest gaming market behind …

A U.S. Video Game Company Banned a Player During a Tournament for Supporting the Hong Kong Protests
5 years, 3 months ago

A U.S. Video Game Company Banned a Player During a Tournament for Supporting the Hong Kong Protests

Slate  

Blizzard Entertainment, the California-based video game company behind World of Warcraft and Overwatch, has banned a professional player from one of its esports leagues for expressing support of pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong after winning a tournament match over the weekend. Hearthstone player Chung “blitzchung” Ng Wai, who is from Hong Kong, removed a gas mask and goggles to say …

PUBG gets digital lock that needs guardian to unlock game for under-13 years players
5 years, 10 months ago

PUBG gets digital lock that needs guardian to unlock game for under-13 years players

Firstpost  

Chinese gaming giant Tencent on Friday announced new curbs on underage video-game playing as part of a government crackdown on youth gaming addiction that has cast a cloud over the company’s biggest revenue source. Tencent said it had imposed a digital lock on some games that require players under 13 years to ask their guardians to open. The government last …

Tencent gaming: Regulators finally approve new titles from the Chinese tech giant
5 years, 11 months ago

Tencent gaming: Regulators finally approve new titles from the Chinese tech giant

CNN  

Hong Kong CNN Business — Tencent is back in the game in China. After a nine-month freeze that hammered Tencent ’s stock price, Chinese authorities have started allowing the internet company to make money off new mobile games again. China’s State Administration of Press and Publications began issuing new game licenses late last month, wading into an estimated backlog of …

China lifts ban from second batch of video games, Tencent still not approved
6 years ago

China lifts ban from second batch of video games, Tencent still not approved

Firstpost  

This is the second such list in a fortnight after China gave nod to 80 video games in December. Chinese authorities have greenlit a second batch of video games after a freeze for most of last year, though once again there was no mention of industry leader Tencent Holdings Ltd on the list of approved titles. According to a list …

China approves release of 80 online video games after an eight month freeze
6 years ago

China approves release of 80 online video games after an eight month freeze

Firstpost  

China on Saturday approved the release of 80 online video games after a freeze on such approvals for most of the year. However, the approved titles, listed on the website of the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television, did not include games from industry leader Tencent Holdings Ltd. China, the world’s biggest gaming market, stopped approving new …

China’s video game freeze knocks Tencent out of top 10 biggest companies
6 years, 3 months ago

China’s video game freeze knocks Tencent out of top 10 biggest companies

CNN  

New York CNN Business — China’s crackdown on video games has hammered one of its most valuable companies. China is the world’s biggest gaming market, and Tencent is the world’s biggest gaming company. But the uncertainty over when the Chinese government will start approving new game licenses again remains a key problem for Tencent shares, analysts at investment bank Daiwa …

Beijing tightens its grip on China's $32bn gaming market
6 years, 3 months ago

Beijing tightens its grip on China's $32bn gaming market

The Telegraph  

In 2015 worth $22.2bn, China sailed past the United States as the most lucrative video games market on the planet. Fuelled by the surging popularity of mobile, esports and ‘Battle Royale’ games, this year the Chinese gaming industry will generate sales of $38bn. State censure of non-Chinese developed games lead to increased software piracy and a slew of ‘copycat’ games, …

Tencent loses $20 billion in value after China attacks myopia with gaming curbs
6 years, 4 months ago

Tencent loses $20 billion in value after China attacks myopia with gaming curbs

Live Mint  

Hong Kong/Beijing: Tencent Holdings’ market value slumped by around $20 billion on Friday after China intensified a crackdown on online gaming citing rising levels of myopia, heightening regulatory risks for companies in the world’s biggest gaming market. The limits came around the same time as Tencent drew scrutiny from China’s communist party mouthpiece, the People’s Daily, which described “Honour of …

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