Tencent Holdings Ltd on Wednesday shut down its test version of global blockbust...
SHANGHAI/HONG KONG - Tencent Holdings Ltd on Wednesday shut down its test version of global blockbuster “PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds” in China and shifted users to a similar, more patriotic video game which, unlike PUBG, has regulatory approval to generate revenue.
In a post on the game’s official account on China’s Twitter-like Weibo platform, Tencent said it would end testing for PUBG. It also said it had launched an anti-terrorism-themed “Game for Peace”, for which it gained monetization approval in April. “It’s almost exactly the same,” she said. “The game play, the background, the graphic design and the characters, they’re almost the same.”
“I was scared to death,” said one Weibo user of his feelings when he realized that PUBG had been shut down in China, explaining he had spent many nights to reach a certain level.
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