Tencent Holdings Ltd is teaming up with the Chinese Communist Party apparatus to develop “patriotic” videogames, edging closer to a government that’s increasingly intolerant of gaming.
In Homeland Dream, which was developed in partnership with Party mouthpiece the People’s Daily, players simulate building a city while alleviating poverty and executing tax breaks. Such actions are meant to echo real-life policies in China. Other political buzzwords such as President Xi Jinping’s Belt and Road Initiative also feature.
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