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Chinese regulators already 86 game licenses this month, mostly from Tencent Holdings and NetEase. The National Press and Publication Administration (NPPA), the agency responsible for video game licensing in China, on Monday published its latest list of approvals.

Tencent, operator of the world's largest video game company by revenue, has received a license for Ace Force 2, a so-called first-person shooting mobile game.

NetEase, China's second-largest video game company, may release Seven-Day World. Other titles include Dislyte developed by Lilith Games, Crystal of Atlan, a mobile action game from a studio under ByteDance; and Light Gap Interpretation.

With this, China is letting back the reins after a crackdown in late 2021. One then introduced a three-hour time limit for for minors and many titles were not allowed to appear.

The market has still not fully recovered. Sales of games for the Chinese market fell 15 percent year-on-year in the first three months of 2023 to 67.5 billion yuan ($9.24 billion), according to analysis company CNG.

Some major Chinese players see a recovery in game sales in 2023. In the first quarter, Tencent reported a 6 percent increase in domestic game revenue to 35.1 billion yuan.

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