"Game for Peace", a solution for Chinese player longing for battle royale (Image via: TechCrunch)

“Game for Peace” as “PUBG” in China

As PUBG failed to pass the regulatory monetization approval, due to bloody violence and “too capitalistic”, Tencent Holdings had to beat their brains in order to keep their revenue alive. Tencent’s PUBG was Steam’s 3rd best-selling game. With more than 70 million players logging in everyday from China, this holdback was menacing for the company.

Since 2017, Tencent has been held back by the Chinese government from distributing PUBG in the land. To the government’s demand, Tencent agreed to revise the game into a milder, “cultural friendlier” game. Eventually last month, Tencent finally got their game passed the monetization approval. Not "PUBG", but in the form of “Game for Peace”, acting as a “tribute to the Chinese air force”.

This recent distributed game copied PUBG homework verbatim, and it made it so obvious by only changing the name, the blood gore, and wait for it… the death sequence.

The battle royale game is well known for its gory content and adrenaline-pumping pace. "Game for Peace" is no different. However, bid adieu to blood, and instead of actual death, the avatar will get up and bid farewell, before vanishing into thin air.

While the positive side means that they are allowed to make money out of the game once more, but for some players, "Game for Peace" is a far cry from its older, more violent brother.

Source: www.reuters.com/article/us-tencent-games/tencent-pulls-blockbuster-game-pubg-in-china-as-regulatory-approval-proves-elusive-idUSKCN1SE0CT