Chinese game studios must remove ‘violent and obscene content’ from games

China introduced new rules for its gaming sector this week. Developers must remove “violent and obscene content” from their games, among other things. The companies should focus on preventing game addiction among minors.

The government has told Chinese game companies that they must comply with these new regulations, Bloomberg also writes. The companies must stop “the exclusive focus on the pursuit of profit and gaming traffic” in order to prevent minors from becoming addicted to games.

Game studios must also step up “content research” in their games, including removing “violent and obscene content” from their titles. In addition, ‘money glorification and effeminacy’ in games should be avoided, according to the measures taken by the Chinese government. Tencent and NetEase, two major game companies from China, say they “fully cooperate” with the request of the Chinese regulators, Reuters news agency reported.

The Chinese government has been regulating the gaming sector for some time now. Last month, for example, Beijing banned minors from gaming online for more than three hours a week. Game companies are only allowed to offer services to minors on Friday, Saturday and Sunday between 8 p.m. and 9 p.m. In China there is not only strict controls on games for minors. The government also determines which games and consoles are allowed to appear in the country. The Chinese government also ruled in March that games should not collect more information about users than necessary.