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Microsoft has confirmed that the Xbox One will launch in China this September. It looks like it will be the first console from ‘the big three’ to arrive in the potentially lucrative territory since the Chinese government lifted its ban on foreign made game consoles. BesTV New Media is the …
Read More »China outlines console censorship rules
Gambling, drugs, racism and superstition are amongst the many things that will see console games being banned in China. Games In Asia has word of a freshly published document that has been released by the Shanghai government explaining the restrictions that will be imposed on console games once foreign consoles …
Read More »China approves the sale of game consoles with new regulations
Sale of foreign game consoles approved for the market with new guidelines
Read More »Candy Crush Saga heading to China via Tencent
King will launch its world-conquering Candy Crush Saga in China this year thanks to a new deal with Tencent. The localised game will be available through Tencent’s Mobile QQ and Weixin Game Centers. I am thrilled to be launching Candy Crush Saga with Tencent in China,” King CEO Riccardo Zacconi …
Read More »Tencent to launch Candy Crush in China this summer
Chinese version of match-three game coming to two telecoms services
Read More »SCEJ opens Chinese strategy department
Sony Computer Entertainment Japan Asia has opened a new business group specifically to focus on its Chinese console strategy. Polygon reckons that a Japanese language press release from SCEJ confirms the news. The China Strategy Department will be headed up by SCEJ’s existing China strategy boss Takehito Soeda. Yesterday it …
Read More »Microsoft aiming for Chinese Xbox One launch
The Xbox One is being lined up for a release in China, Microsoft has said. Global Times reports that Microsoft’s global vice president Zhang Yaqin has said that the platform holder is stepping up efforts to bring in its multi-purpose Xbox game console to the Chinese market as soon as …
Read More »China console ban lifted, but new restrictions coming
Console sales 'fresh air,' but government still looking to 'block flies and mosquitoes'
Read More »China to police any new console market
The sale of games consoles may have green lit in China, but the market will still be heavily regulated. That’s according to Bloomberg which says that China’s Ministry of Culture will be responsible for drafting new rules on video-game consoles” following the lifting of the 14-year old ban on their …
Read More »China selling consoles boosts Sony and Nintendo
PlayStation boss Andrew House says that China allowing the sale of game consoles will be a huge boost to PS4. Meanwhile, Nintendo’s stock has risen 11 per cent on the country allowing the sale of consoles from its free trade zone in Shanghai, reports the BBC. China’s games market is …
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