The move ends a long-running test of 'Fortnite' created for the world's biggest gaming market, where content is policed for excessive violence. — AFP
BEIJING: Players in China said Monday they could no longer access popular survival game Fortnite as its developer Epic Games pulled the plug on a Chinese version amid a crackdown by authorities on gaming and the tech sector.
Epic had announced two weeks ago that it would shut down the Chinese version of the game on November 15, noting that "Fortnite China's Beta test has reached an end" and that servers would be closed.
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