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Free Fire: Banned because it contains overly-revealing female characters, blood, gore, and vulgar content. [36] Hearts of Iron: Banned because it depicted disputed territories such as Tibet, Manchuria and Xinjiang as independent nations and because the island of Taiwan is shown to be under Japanese control. [36] [44] [45] I.G.I.-2: Covert Strike
The video game industry, led by the Entertainment Merchants Association and the Entertainment Software Association, successfully obtained an injunction on the bill, believing that the definition of violence as stated in the California law was too vague and would not treat video games as protected speech. This opinion was upheld in lower courts ...
A majority of apps and websites blocked are the result of the companies not willing to follow the Chinese government's internet regulations on data collection and privacy, user-safety, guidelines and the type of content being shared, posted or hosted.
The list depicted below is of games that are either still banned, or were initially banned but have been edited exclusively for Australia. Some of these games were banned before the introduction of the R18+ category; if some of these games were to be re-rated today, they would likely receive the R18+ rating.
Even though YouTube is blocked under the Great Firewall, many Chinese media outlets, including China Central Television (CCTV), Xinhua News Agency and China Global Television Network (CGTN), have official YouTube accounts. Despite the ban, Alexa ranked YouTube as the 5th-most-visited website in China. [12]
The game came under fire by a number of video game critics; one described it as the "world's sleaziest game", [35] and another criticized the game for "normalizing rape culture" [36] Prior to its release, the game had its crowdfunding campaign suspended by Kickstarter. According to its press release, this was due to "inappropriate content ...
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This acts as a loophole, allowing some retailers, including the local, major video game retailer Geekay Games, to continue selling banned video games via cyberspace (i.e. online shops), and the NMC does not strictly enforce their bans any further, but there are certain exceptions, notably for Spec Ops: The Line (see below).