Since the beginning of July, the App Store does not accept games that have not received a local license (ISBN) for publication in China. What will happen to games that do not have permission, but which are present in the store, is still unclear. Against this background, 1571 games were “withdrawn” from the Chinese App Store only for July 1. Another 1805 projects were removed from the shelves today.

In China, a local gaming company paid for publishing a game without a license. She was fined $99 thousand. This is the first case of such a fine in China after the licensing freeze.

Falko Becker, Senior Publishing Manager at JoyPac mobile publisher, spoke about the pitfalls of licensing Western games in China.

Tencent is gradually recovering after the end of the game licensing freeze in China. In the second quarter of this year, 10 mobile games of the Chinese giant entered the market at once.

The website of the State Administration of China for Press and Publications (SAPP) has requirements for games that need a license to be released in China. The requirements apply to both local and foreign titles.

China has received permission to publish the first foreign titles. The new list of games approved by the Chinese government, for the first time since the resumption of licensing, includes 30 foreign, including nine Japanese and six American.

The story of the licensing freeze has finally come to a successful end for Tencent c NetEase. For the first time since last March, Chinese giants have received approval for the release of projects in China.

In the Middle Kingdom, 93 more games were allowed to be published. This is the third selection of approved projects since December. However, there are still no projects of the two leading gaming companies in the country “on the lists”.

Shares of Tencent and other Chinese developers went up.

The forecast for the total revenue of the Chinese gaming market from PC games and mobile games for 2018 was lowered by the analytical firm Niko Partners.