{"id":44503,"date":"2018-09-20T16:09:53","date_gmt":"2018-09-20T11:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thenerdmag.com\/?p=44503"},"modified":"2019-12-27T06:48:15","modified_gmt":"2019-12-27T01:48:15","slug":"rumors-are-tencent-may-remove-pubg-titles-due-to-regulations-but-tencent-denies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenerdmag.com\/rumors-are-tencent-may-remove-pubg-titles-due-to-regulations-but-tencent-denies\/","title":{"rendered":"Rumors are Tencent may remove PUBG Titles due to regulations but Tencent denies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tencent is a Chinese multinational investment\u00a0holding conglomerate\u00a0founded in 1998 known for its\u00a0Internet-related services and products,\u00a0entertainment,\u00a0artificial intelligence, and\u00a0technology. Rumors about the removal of PUBG from China is making its rounds on Chinese social media. However, Tencent denies all of the claims about the removal of PUBG from its gaming platform in the next couple of months. Read more for details.<\/p>\n<h2>Removal of Monster Hunter World from Tencent&#8217;s WeGame<\/h2>\n<p>A few weeks ago the steam rival client of Tencent&#8217;s WeGame removed Monster Hunter: World. The game which was expected to be the flagship titles on Tencent&#8217;s WeGame. All sales of the game were halted on Monday morning. A statement issued offering refunds after WeGame said the game did \u201cnot fully comply with relevant regulatory and policy requirements\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/wegame.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"481\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-44504 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/wegame.png\" alt=\"Tencent WeGame Statement on Monster Hunter: World\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"481\" class=\"wp-image-44504 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/wegame.png\" alt=\"Tencent WeGame Statement on Monster Hunter: World\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There was no mention of whether they\u2019ll attempt a relaunch of\u00a0<em>Monster Hunter: World.<\/em>\u00a0The game which has sold more than 8 million copies on the PS4 and Xbox One across the globe.<\/p>\n<p>Steam also announced their collaboration with Shanghai firm Perfect World. This is for the official launch of Steam in China. Showing a mixed reaction of people on the news. Some welcomed the move to make Steam legitimate in China and some said it would bring censorship.<\/p>\n<h2>Tencent Denial of Claims on PUBG Removal<\/h2>\n<p>A message revolved around the Chinese social media making the rumor of PUBG removal swirl around like a storm. The website also claimed that Tencent had failed to clear the games properly and had already started quietly developing\u00a0<em>PUBG<\/em>-style titles to redirect users to when the originals were removed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/0e425aa5666eda92fad0a0c9ddbc893b-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"449\" height=\"597\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-44510\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/0e425aa5666eda92fad0a0c9ddbc893b-2.jpg\" alt=\"Rumor of PUBG removal on Tencent WeGame\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"449\" height=\"597\" class=\"size-full wp-image-44510\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/0e425aa5666eda92fad0a0c9ddbc893b-2.jpg\" alt=\"Rumor of PUBG removal on Tencent WeGame\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The website on which the rumor was posted said that Tencent secretly started developing an escape game to make up for the Mobile game.<\/p>\n<p>After getting the gist of the news, Tencent officially replied that this is just a mere rumor. Tencent seemed to be struggling with new titles on their platform and has lost a fifth of its market value this year. Around this sensitive time for Tencent&#8217;s WeGame then this news came floating around like wildfire. What do you guys think? Do you think that this rumor is true and Tencent claims are wrong? Comment down below about your views on this news.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tencent is a Chinese multinational investment\u00a0holding conglomerate\u00a0founded in 1998 known for its\u00a0Internet-related services and products,\u00a0entertainment,\u00a0artificial intelligence, and\u00a0technology. Rumors about the removal of PUBG from China is making its rounds on Chinese social media. However, Tencent denies all of the claims about the removal of PUBG from its gaming platform in the next couple of months. Read more for details. Removal of Monster Hunter World from Tencent&#8217;s WeGame A few weeks ago the steam rival client of Tencent&#8217;s WeGame removed Monster [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":94,"featured_media":43763,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[185],"tags":[750,4557,2821,301,2386,2393,5107,3846],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Rumors are Tencent may remove PUBG Titles due to regulations but Tencent denies - TheNerdMag<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Rumors about Tencent decision to remove PUBG from its Steam rival client WeGame has been spreading. 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