China’s regulators said to slow their approval of new online games

    Sources said the move to slow down new video game approvals is in line with Beijing’s initiative to reduce gaming addiction in minors.
    It is unclear when this delay in new game licences will ease up.

When Beijing last froze video game approvals, more than 28,000 gaming companies closed their doors in 2018 and 2019 , according to a report by the state broadcaster China Central Television .