World's Hottest PC Game Could Get Locked Out of China
- PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds unlikely to get China license
- Hunger Games-like survival sports too bloody for regulators
Attendees play the Playerunknown's Battlegrounds online video game at the Tokyo Game Show 2017.
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The world’s hottest video game is set to be shut out of the biggest market.
A Chinese gaming association said in an announcement posted online that PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is too bloody and violent for sale in the country. The gladiator-style mentality of the computer game -- where competitors kill each other until only one remains -- deviates from the values of socialism and is deemed harmful to young consumers, according to the China Audio-Video and Digital Publishing Association.