China Extends Ban on New Video Game Licences into 2022 China is extending its freeze on new video game licences into 2022, resulting in over 14,000 small studios and gaming-related firms in the country closing their operations over the past few months, the South China Morning Post is reporting. The freeze on new video game licences came months after President Xi Jinping raised the issue of gaming addiction among the country’s youth during the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference in March last year. According to the publication, Chinese regulators have not released a list of approved new video game titles...