In late November, Australia's federal parliament passed landmark ... work by looking at China's large-scale use of age verification technologies to restrict young people's video game consumption.

China approved 122 domestic and 13 foreign video games in December, bringing the total number of licensed titles to more than 1,400 this year, the highest since 2019. On Tuesday, the National ...

China on Monday approved gaming licenses for 45 video games. The country had stopped issuing licenses in July 2021. Over 14,000 small developers were reportedly forced to shut down due to the ban.

China has ended a freeze on new video game releases that began in March 2018, with the recently formed Online Games Ethics Committee announcing that 80 new games were approved in late December.