China grants gaming licence to XD title, first since July - document

XD

11/04/2022 12:00

HONG KONG, April 11 (Reuters) - Chinese regulators awarded
XD Inc  2400.HK  a publishing licence for its title "Party Star"
on April 8, a document seen by Reuters showed, in one of its
first approvals of a game since July last year. 
    The document showed that the game was granted an ISBN, a
licence required by China for developers to publish games on the
mainland.
    Chinese regulators stopped approving game monetisation
licences in July last year, dealing a blow to the country’s many
tech giants which rely heavily on gaming revenue. 

 (Reporting by Josh Ye, Writing by Brenda Goh; Editing by
Kirsten Donovan)
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