Crackdown prompts Apple to remove 39,000 game apps in a day from China store
Only 74 of the top 1,500 paid games on Apple store survived the purge
31 December 2020 - 11:45
Hong Kong — Apple removed 39,000 game apps on its China store on Thursday, the biggest removal ever in a single day, as it set the year end as deadline for all game publishers to obtain a licence.
The takedowns come amid a crackdown on unlicensed games by Chinese authorities...
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