China’s video game licensing freeze lasts until 2022, dashing hopes that the process can resume in late 2021, prompting many small gaming-related companies to shut down operations and prompting the largest. editorial sector to seek expansion abroad. The National Press and Publications Administration (NPPA), which is in charge of licensing video games in China, has not released a list of new titles approved since the end of July.

About 14,000 video game companies have stopped operating in China under the new laws – Kudasai comes via ChinaTechNews.com.