No fortnite More in China: Server of the game will be switched off

Video games and China have a very... controversial relationship. After two months ago, at first, two months ago the playing time of minors with online games extremely restricted, only a good week later the news followed that you want to remove unmistakable content from video games \ - Whatever this should mean exactly.

At the current end of Fortnite (Buy Now 36,34 €) In China, however, the government does not have the fingers in the game, at least not officially. Namely, the server of the Battle Royales should be switched off on 15 November. A concrete reason for the shutdown could not be relied, but of course it is speculated that the decision is related to the extremely limited seasons of children and adolescents.

Fortnite in China: a short and censored story

The appearance of Fortnite in China is not only shorter, because the game only appeared in 2018, on the 5th season. Even otherwise he is pretty different from that in other countries. Because the game could be released there at all was adapted one or the other feature of the title.

Not only that players could do not have any microstransaktions, but also basic things like the gameplay or the appearance of different characters and skins had been changed. Toten heads have been searched in vain in the Chinese Fortnite version.

The story of the game was also adapted to make the title less brutal and violent. So the Battle Royale takes place in China only in a simulation, none of the players really dies. The Fortnite Wiki has listed all other changes if you are particularly interested in.

Source: Fortnite China / Kotaku

From Jonas Höger author

01.11.2021 at 18:43