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China Bans Two of the Most Popular Games, Fortnite And PUBG, Along With A Bunch of Others

China recently decided to implement strict regulations for video games that are currently playable in its market and the result is that Fortnite and PUBG are allegedly in the line to get banned.

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adamwparker1956d ago

Holy Crap!

Look at all of the different reasons for all of the games.

China clearly is never going to get a multiplayer or AAA game again if these hold.
Those consumers over there helpless to this decision. I would be so pissed.

AspiringProGenji1956d ago (Edited 1956d ago )

At least chinese teens are saved from eternal virginity playing Fortnite

DarkkMinion1956d ago

Agree. Fortnite=Population Control.

Twinblade1956d ago

probably something they need since they have like, over a billion people.

nommers1955d ago

So...maybe for the best over in China since they have a population crisis to the point where there were laws made for number of children allowed per couple.

Daeloki1955d ago

You'd think China would encourage teens to play Fortnite in that case :D

AnubisG1955d ago

That's not a bad thing in China. Their populations is dangerously high.

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sander97021956d ago

Those consumers over there have got a lot more problems than video game censorship, I couldn't care less for what the Chinese tech elite get's to play in their Orwellian cities while their less fortunate friends die in slave factories working for companies like apple and working in the fields barely getting enough to eat.

kevinsheeks1955d ago (Edited 1955d ago )

those apple working conditions literally had employees killing themselves i think they had to create somesort of blockade so employees couldn't jump to their deaths .

here it is

2011
In May 2011 Foxconn erects nets around its Shenzhen factory buildings, designed to prevent suicide jumps. A PR firm, Burson-Marsteller, is hired to deal with negative publicity. The nets seem to work, with fewer suicides reported after they go up, but at least four employees die by throwing themselves from buildings.

.. I can't begin to imagine what they go through, and they'll hire someone to deal with negative publicity but won't give workers better working conditions -.-

it's probaby to the point now when someone jumps foxcon comes out "NOOO THAT WAS NOT OUR BUILDING IT WAS THE ONE NEXT TO US PLS LEAVE US ALONE EVERYONE IS HAPPY HERE . .HIM NO HE ISN'T BLEEDING THAT'S KETCHUP ON HIS HANDS HE WAS EATING A BURGER NO MORE QUESTIONS"

kreate1955d ago

Sounds like a Communist country ...

pinkcrocodile751955d ago

Sigh...

Americans and their knee jerk reaction to socialism.

I'm not advocating one way or the other but capitalism on steroids it's good for a country when the president decides to push for nationalism.

As for China, I'm not Chinese, I'm Welsh, so I don't give a f@ck

fiveby91955d ago

@pinkcrocodile75

Sigh...

Knee jerk reaction? Gimme a break. Moral relativism at it's finest.

Socialism is an economic principle. The article speaks to an ethics board making these recommendations which is not economic principle. The end of the article also states this is unconfirmed as it was translated from a Reddit post. I seriously wonder if this will be implemented, enforced, or is even true.

If true though, It's clearly interesting to see that this is why Blizzard made the mobile Diablo Immortal game ' family friendly' for all ages. They mine as well make it a Lego Diablo game.

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JesusBuiltmyHotrod1956d ago

Censorship is so incredibly dumb. Then again it's China.

kneon1956d ago

Well they have a point about "inharmonious chatroom." Nobody wants to deal with toxic idiots while gaming, except perhaps other toxic idiots.

Christopher1956d ago

Let's be honest, they don't care about toxic environments, they care about environments in which they have no control over what is said nor the capability to track who is saying what.

Spartacus101956d ago

Censorship is even more dumb when people vote for it to be forced on them.
Screw the EU and their copyright plans. Brexit means Brexit.

BrettAwesome1955d ago (Edited 1955d ago )

What are you talking about? And screw the EU? Well, fuck the UK and your shitty little wannabe "empire". Scotland should be allowed to leave the UK because you fucked them so hard. They only voted to remain in the UK because they wanted certainty they could remain in the EU

Spartacus101955d ago

@BrettAwesome
The EU is an empire. Britain is a democracy.
Let me freshen your memory. We had a DEMOCRATIC referendum on brexit. The result was to leave. Scotland had a DEMOCRATIC referendum on independence. The result was to remain.

So just get over it. Your SJW act will only work on a channel 4 interview. On the internet, you're just another loser (not indented as an insult, you actually did have 2 referendums go against you).

Thundercat771955d ago

Selecting Donald Trump for president is very dumb. Then again it's USA.

The point is... We cannot judge them.

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iofhua1956d ago

Well I'm glad I don't live in China.

MIDNIITE_Z3RO1956d ago

I'm glad my bro decided not to move to China. He would go insane without his PUBG.

RedDevils1955d ago

It's seem you bro is mentally ill, if he couldn't live without PUBG

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Players claim Fortnite ruined Call of Duty by letting in more corporate greed

Do you remember what gaming was like before Fortnite entered the gaming space? One of the biggest arguments was about loot boxes. Now we have conversations about crossovers, battle passes, and community outreach.

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GoodGuy092d ago (Edited 2d ago )

Idk. Loot boxes did disappear and battle passes and in game purchases are all cosmetic. We get free weapons and maps post launch, any gameplay affecting content. I could care less about all the cosmetics.
I absolutely hated the days where weapons were locked behind a less than 1% chance lootbox pull where it'd take 5+ hours to have enough tokens to do a single pull and lazy remastered/remake maps cost you $15 each wave or $50 for the season pass that you didn't know what you'd get and these maps were only available to those that bought it so you get a smaller pool of players match with.

Tacoboto1d 1h ago

The "good ole days" are actually what drove me away from COD and Halo 3/Reach. Halo 4 becoming a COD-like drove me away from that only a week or so after it launched and I beat its campaign.

It sucked way back then, going a month or two without playing online-shooter-of-the-moment, and then needing to buy a $15 map pack to play with the majority of the population or your favorite playlist. The "community" rejecting Spartan Points in MCC killed that game's support, too. No revenue = no support, plain and simple.

Cacabunga16h ago

That headline could easily be something Spencer could have said 😅 I had to check if it was really an opinion piece

KyRo16h ago

As times gone on, the COD battle pass has got ALOT worse so they can push people to buy the more premium battle pass which itself is a huge rip off and nearly half the price of the base game.

The cosmetics can be fine but they've taken it to far to the point of no return. Why make a military themed game then have rabbits, dinosaurs, cats, rats & z list rappers as skins? You wouldn't add a Lamborghini to a fantasy RPG to replace a horse and you would never see Mario have limb dismemberment because they know what they are. COD is having identity crisis but kids and streamer but then all

franwex1d 2h ago (Edited 1d 2h ago )

Call of duty can simply not copy the bad aspects of Fortnite? Or is that too out of this world? Like COD, a realistic shooter-just HAD to have Nicki Minaj running around? Or super heroes?

Inverno1d ago (Edited 1d ago )

Exactly! Trends don't all need to be followed. Plus where Fortnite got somewhat better with it's monetization, Acti got worse. Or at least Fortnite has lended itself more to the wacky stuff, and has put more effort and quality into that stuff.

jjb19811d ago

I prefer the battle passes with free maps than the $50 season pass that divided the community. I definitely feel that Fortnite had some influence on CoD having loot boxes with Blackout being introduced in 2018 with Black Ops 4.

PRIMORDUS1d ago (Edited 1d ago )

Actually Fortnite bullshit ruined Unreal Tournament. Epic are sellouts and I will never have that shitty store on my PC, fuck them and that shit bag Tim Sweeney. At least the community keeps the games alive, I still play UT2004.

StoneTitan12h ago

I mean cant really blame them for supporting the game that made them the most money and the most people player...ever?

Psychonaut851d ago

Call of Duty ruined Call of Duty. They needed no outside assistance.

Ra30305h ago

100% correct! The makers of Call of Duty ran out of ideas long, long ago so they take ideas from other games like Ghost Recon, Fortnite and any other FPS game hat had success hell CoD remasters maps that they've remastered several times already then charge you again for it. Call of Duty is simply a cut, copy and paste and then put the $70 price on it every year. Activision and now Microsoft has been essentially remastering Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare every year since it was released in 2007 its to the point it's worse than the sports game like the Madden, NBA and others yearly sports franchises.
@Psychonaut85 is spot on "Call of Duty ruined Call of Duty. They needed no outside assistance"!

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