Recently, the Chinese government created an Online Gaming Ethics Review Committee to ensure video games do not contain “ethically questionable content.” Of the 20 games reviewed by this new committee, 11 developers were instructed to take “corrective action.” 9 games have been selected, including Fortnite, to be banned in its entirety. While the banned games may be a surprise to some, it’s worth mentioning that China has even censored Winnie the Pooh in Kingdom Hearts 3.

That’s not to say, however, that the games selected by the Review Committee have been banned over a meme. For the most part, the games banned seem to come down to blood and gore, vulgar content, overly revealing female characters, and inharmonious chatter. The latter is defined as a “perceived lack of effort to combat toxicity, vulgarity, and politically sensitive speech” in chats.

Moreover, it’s worth mentioning that the 9 banned games are all battle royale games like Fortnite, so it’s unclear if the country is just attempting to crack down on the genre as a whole. Without further ado, the full list of games selected for corrective action or withdrawal from the marketplace follows.

Games Requiring Corrective Action

Arena of Valor - Overly revealing female characters, rewards given based on rank, distorted concepts of history and culture

League of Legends - Overly revealing female characters, rewards given based on rank, inharmonious chatroom.

Blade & Soul - Overly revealing female characters, inharmonious chatroom.

Chu Liu Xiang - Overly revealing female characters, inharmonious chatroom, game missions include fraud.

Overwatch - Game visuals promote incorrect values, inharmonious chatroom.

Diablo - Inharmonious chat, game missions include fraud.

World of Warcraft - Overly revealing female characters, inharmonious chatroom.

Westward Journey - Overly revealing female characters, inharmonious chatroom, distorted concepts of history and culture.

Code: Eva - Rewards are given based on rank, distorted concepts of history and culture.

The Legend of Mir 3 - Inharmonious chatroom.

Swords of Legends Online - Inharmonious chatroom.

Games to Be Banned

Fortnite - Blood and gore, vulgar content.

PlayerUnknown’s Battleground - Blood and gore.

H1Z1 - Blood and gore, vulgar content.

Alliance of Valiant Arms - Blood and gore, vulgar content.

Ring of Elysium - Blood and gore, vulgar content.

Paladins - Overly revealing female characters, blood and gore, vulgar content.

Free Fire Battlegrounds - Overly revealing female characters, blood and gore, vulgar content.

Knives Out - Overly revealing female characters, blood and gore, vulgar content.

Fortnite is available now for Android, iOS, PC, PlayStation 4, Switch, and Xbox One.

Source: Reddit