After years of efforts to get the license, the “big” Riot Games and Tencent are finally releasing Valorant in China.
In recent years, the Chinese government has tightened censorship of games licensed in this region. Most of the games with elements of violence, shooting, inappropriateness, etc. are crossed out in applying for a release license here.
Therefore, the game market in the country of billions of people has become extremely tense in recent times. Even “big guys” like Tencent cannot apply for a license to release Valorant games for this region.
Valorant has been approved for release in China from 2023.
As of today, the NPPA (National Press and Publication Administration) of the Chinese government has revealed that 44 titles have been approved in this region in 2023. Among them, Valorant has also been listed. list.
But instead of Valorant, Riot Games’ FPS game is noted as “Fearless Covenant”.
According to that announcement, Valorant will be released in the China region in 2023. Right now, this game is considered one of the most popular names in the FPS game village. So when Valorant is officially released in China, this game promises to “break” more rankings in terms of players, viewers, streamers, etc. in the market before the game.
Especially, Valorant’s Esports segment also promises to have many more players, teams and tournaments in this region.
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