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Kotaku East
Microsoft To Delay Xbox One Launch In China
The first mainstream video game console to launch in China in over 13 years has just been delayed. The Xbox One won’t be sold in China starting tomorrow—instead, it’ll be released sometime before the end of 2014. In a statement put out on Microsoft China’s official Sina Blog on Saturday, Microsoft China says that the…
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The Secret of Life Is Video Games, Says 106-Year-Old Man
Retired college professor Xu Fenghuang has seen some of the most chaotic times of Chinese history. Despite all the excitement in his life, Xu’s spending his retired years playing brain games. Sina Games reports that Xu, who was a professor at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, spends parts of his day playing video games.…
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Police To Fight Gambling By Putting ‘Black Boxes’ in Arcade Machines
Gambling is illegal in China, super illegal, which is one of the many reasons Macao is now the gambling capital of the world. In China, gambling is often associated with video game arcades. To circumvent gambling in arcades, Shanghai authorities are now putting “black boxes” inside arcade machines. That’s right. Shanghai Morning Post is reporting…
By Eric Jou
