China Pulls Plug on Tencent Videogame Days After Launch

Regulators canceled the license for ‘Monster Hunter: World’ citing complaints about content

BEIJING—Chinese regulators have blocked sales of a Tencent Holdings Ltd. videogame where players hunted fearsome creatures, the company said Monday, in the latest setback to its PC games business.

The tech giant pulled “Monster Hunter: World” off its WeGame distribution platform after Chinese regulators canceled the game’s operating license, citing “a large number of complaints” about the game’s content, Tencent said.

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