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PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Tweaked With "Socialist Values" for China Release

posted by Fnord666 on Thursday November 23 2017, @07:27AM   Printer-friendly
from the can-you-drive-the-tank? dept.

takyon writes:

PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds is one of 2017's most popular video games, and it's getting a makeover for the Chinese market:

Chinese gaming giant Tencent Holdings Ltd is bringing "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds", the world's hottest video game, to China, but with a twist. The gory, battle royale-style game will get a socialist makeover to meet stringent Chinese rules. The move comes after China's content regulator slammed the South Korean-made game, PUBG for short, last month for being too violent and said it would likely be blocked because it "severely deviates from socialist core values".

The PUBG game where players fight for survival on a deserted island is currently the world's top-selling videogame, having shipped more than 20 million copies since its launch in March. It has been developed by South Korean firm Blue Hole.

Tencent, which recently outstripped Facebook Inc in market value, said it had won the exclusive rights to the game in China, and that it would modify the game in order to meet the requirements of China's regulators and censors. "(Tencent) will make adjustment to content ... and make sure they accord with socialist core values, Chinese traditional culture and moral rules," it said in a statement on Wednesday.

Also at Engadget.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 24 2017, @03:08AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 24 2017, @03:08AM (#600910)

    Socialist values? Give me a fucking break. I love how many morons have no idea what that word means, but will mindlessly repeat it like a useful fucking tool for the oligarchs.

    "Hurr durr! The Demoncrats are soshulist!" Obama is a Kommewnist!."

  • (Score: 2) by realDonaldTrump on Friday November 24 2017, @03:35PM

    by realDonaldTrump (6614) on Friday November 24 2017, @03:35PM (#601058) Homepage Journal

    Their values are very conservative, if you've seen Father Knows Best you know what I mean. Shoplifting is a very serious thing there. Pornos, very serious. Me, I like to see a little skin. People having sex, it's natural, we've all seen it, we're not babies, are we? But in China it's a big no-no. But it works for them, their economy is very strong. And their government is very strong, things get done without a big debate.