Echo of Black Myth: Wukong’s resounding success. In August, China approved the development of 117 video games
Translated with AI from the Russian original.
In the first eight months of 2024, the National Press and Publication Administration issued licenses for a total of 850 domestic games. In August, the Chinese regulator approved 117 video games — the largest batch this year.
Among the games are the action title Yirenzhixia by Tencent Holdings, Jiewai Kuangchao by NetEase, and Huangyuan Shuguang from Alibaba Group Holding subsidiary Lingxi Games.
Other major video game producers whose new titles received licenses in August include Perfect World and Yoozoo Games.
In the first eight months of 2024, the NPPA issued licenses to a total of 850 games from China, compared to 609 during the same period in 2023.
The increased pace of approvals comes amid the massive success of Black Myth: Wukong by Tencent-backed studio Game Science, based on the classic Chinese novel “Journey to the West”.
Such demand bodes well for consumer spending prospects in the Chinese video game market in 2024, which research firm Newzoo projects will reach 45 billion dollars.
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