By Josh Ye
HONG KONG (Reuters) – China’s video games regulator on Friday approved 87 new video games for the month of Feburary including titles under Tencent Holdings, Alibaba Group and NetEase.
Shenzhen-based Tencent, the world’s largest gaming company, received at least one game licence for a mobile game named “Wangzhewanxiangqi”, the list published by the National Press and Public Administration showed.
Alibaba also received an approval for a game named “Chunqiuxuanqi”. The authoriy granted NetEase a licence for its mobile game titled “Journey to the West: Shikong”.
XD Inc received a licence for a title named “Sausage Party”.
(Reporting by Josh Ye; Editing by Kirsten Donovan)