The Biggest Gaming News For April 17, 2022
Sundays are all about sleeping in, so you’re probably behind on everything going on in the world of gaming, but don’t worry because that’s why we put together these roundups. We found out today that fans of the franchise have restored the legendary Super Mario Bros. animated film from 1986, China has banned the streaming of unauthorized games, and Hikaru Utada performed some songs from Kingdom Hearts at Coachella. There’s more where this came from, so read on for the rest.
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China has been tightening its regulation of the games industry in recent years, but the government has now gone further than ever before, banning the streaming of “unauthorized” games. "For a period of time, issues such as chaotic online livestreaming and teenage addiction to games have raised widespread concerns in society and effective measures need to be taken urgently,” the government said in a statement. But things might go even further. According to industry analyst Daniel Ahmad, “China’s regulation around video games continues to focus on compliance and enforcement. Games have always required a license before they can be distributed or streamed in China. The latter was rarely enforced. Now it will be.”
Square Enix has been attracting a lot of ire for its attachment to the blockchain. President at Square Enix Yosuke Matsuda in particular. Rather than backing away from the blockchain, the executive has now doubled down on his previous statements, noting that “in the future, we would like to try our hand at providing ‘autonomous game content.’ Until now, in most games, we provided the content as a finished product and the players played that content. However, there are a certain number of players
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