It seems the Chinese government is going on an all out assault on so-called 'violent games'. Chinese gamers under the age 18 will no longer be able to play their favourite games online if it is possible to kill another player in the game. Under new plans announced by China's Ministry of Culture (MOC) and Ministry of Information Industry, online game operators have been ordered to create identity authentication systems that will prevent minors from playing games that contain so called 'Player Kills' (PK). Gamers will be forced to enter digits from their Citizen ID Card before being let into their games.Minors should not be allowed to play online games that have PK content, that allow players to increase the power of their own online game characters by killing other players," Liu Shifa, head of the MOC's Internet Culture Division, which drafts policies governing the online gaming market, told Interfax. "Online games that have PK content usually also contain acts of violence and leads to players spending too much time trying to increase the power of their characters. They are harmful to young people.
China bans minors under 18 from playing online games that allow players to kill other players,
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