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Tencent Shuts Poker Platform Amid Widening Gaming Crackdown (reuters.com)

Posted by msmash on from the crazy-crackdown dept.

An anonymous reader shares a report: Tencent Holdings will shut a popular Texas Hold'Em poker video game, the Chinese tech giant said to its users on Monday, in a further step to comply with intensifying government scrutiny hitting the country's gaming industry. Tencent said it would formally begin to shutter "Everyday Texas Hold'Em" from Monday and would closer the game's server from Sept 25. Tencent would compensate users in accordance with regulations of Ministry of Culture. The Shenzhen-based company, which draws a huge amount of its profit from gaming, is facing mounting challenges this year from stringent regulation and government censorship. It has had to pull one blockbuster game and seen others censured.

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  1. You've got to... by bugs2squash · · Score: 1

    know when to walk away, know when to run...

    --
    Nullius in verba
  2. I'm curious by jargonburn · · Score: 1

    It has had to pull one blockbuster game and seen others censured.

    Censured? Or censored? I'm curious as to whether this was a typo or intentional, haha.

  3. Spam by DaMattster · · Score: 1

    I get so much spam from Tencent and QQ that I have to outrightly block their IPs to my VM. Tencent is just a really terrible netizen.