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As was widely reported in August, the Chinese government has set its sights on video games, bringing in strong restrictions on 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:what they can include, and 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:how long they can be played. Now, it appears that developers and publishers are struggling to work around these regulat🔯ions, as the government has approved zero new titles since they were brought in.
The regulations state that video games cannot promote the "wrong set of values", with🐼 the government using "gay love" and "effeminate men" as examples. Over 200 Chinese gaming companies have pledged to comply with the homophobic rules, which according to , will refuse release of games simply if "regulators can’t tell the character’s gender immediately".
The news that no games have been approved as these regulations are enforced comes from the They report to have seen a memo which sets out the new rules, stating that video games must be used to highlight "correct values&🔯quot;.
Other lines in the m🐻emo say that entertainment companies must "resolutely put an end to sissy men and other abnormal aesthetics". Tencent is among the companies to agree with this, meaning its games could be heavily censored to comply with the rules.
Going after the content of games isn't all that concerns the Chinese government at present. The big news recently was that children will now be limited to three hours a week of playtime, in an attempt to curb an apparent rise in "gaming addiction". Under 18s are permitted to play for an hour on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, and national holidays. However, these new rules have proven difficult to enforce, as people are actually renting out their adult accounts toꦬ underage🐻 gamers. This, however, won't work if the facial recognition software kicks in.
Another likely unintended consequence was that most game servers don't account for having their entire player base log in at the same time. With the time permitted for gaming starting at 8 PM, thousands of minors are logging in at once, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:causing one gam♋e, Honor of Kings, to go offline.