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On April 11, the official website of the State Press and Publication Administration announced the "Approval Information for Domestic Online Games in April 2022", and a total of 45 games received version numbers. This is the first time since July 22, 2021, that the State Press and Publication Administration has issued a game version number, a total of 263 days.
The version number is equivalent to the "pass" for the online operation of game products, and in the game industry, the issue of version number issuance has always attracted much attention.
Among the 45 games approved this time, there are 37 mobile games, 5 client games, 2 casual puzzle mobile games, and 1 Switch game. Key games include "Dream Voyage" by Sanqi Interactive Entertainment, "Sword Net 3 Origins" by Xishanju, and "Party Star" by Heartbeat Network.
In this regard, Teng Hua, general manager of the game company Gamma Data, said that this is a very big good news for the game industry.
Affected by this news, Chinese game stocks rose collectively, as of the close of april 11 local time, Bilibili rose more than 7%, Huya, NetEase rose more than 2%. After the opening of the market on April 12, the A-share and H-share game sectors also rose sharply.
Gamers in the Asia-Pacific region could be close to 1.7 billion by the end of 2022
According to Google's Beyond 2021 - Asia Pacific Game Report, the number of gamers in the Asia-Pacific region will continue to grow in 2016-2020, with the number of gamers already reaching 1.54 billion by the end of 2020, an estimated 1.62 billion in 2021, and expected to be close to 1.7 billion by the end of 2022.
Forward-looking Economist APP Information Group