China bans 50 ‘illegal’ games
p2pnet.net News:- "Illegal" electronic games have been banned by China in what its state news agency, Xinhuanet, describes as a recent government probe into the electronic publication and software market.
Among them are Age of Mythology: the Titans, The Sims 2, Manhunt, FIFA 2005, Battlefield Vietnam and Painkiller: Battle out of Hell, as well as "illegally distributed foreign games including Conflict Vietnam, Vietcong: Fist Alpha and Devastation".
The move is, "part of the effort to protect intellectual property rights and create a good environment for Chinese youth, the State GeneralAdministration of Press and Publication (SGAPP) together with the anti-porn and illegal publication offices, created a list of 50 illegal electronic games in a nationwide check-up on electronic publication and software markets," says Xinhuanet, going on:
"Liu Binjie, deputy director of the administration and director of the state anti-porn office said here Wednesday that the Chinesegovernment in 2005 will focus on combating illegal publications. This especially concerns pirated textbooks, electronic publications and illegal journals that will have negative influence on the youth.
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Illegal – 50 illegal electronic games banned, Xinhuanet, January 26, 2005
January 27th, 2005 at 3:43 am
Does Fifa 2005 contain evil subliminal messages that encourage Chinese citizens to rebel against their government?
Drake
January 27th, 2005 at 6:53 am
If you check the story, they dont actually ban all games for censorship. Some of them are just banned because they arent officially sold in China so they are for sure pirate copies. Other games like soccer for example can be banned if they are not the official China release, meaning they actually have a taiwan nation team with their own flag. This is of course just to protect the citizens of China from this obvious mistake
January 27th, 2005 at 8:44 am
I would think that most online games would be frowned upon due to being able to play internationaly and the chat function. It would be difficult to monitor all chat traffic in all games.
January 27th, 2005 at 8:54 am
What about the Sims, surely thats harmless enough?