Game over for Fortnite in China as developer pulls plug

Fortnite players in China shared their goodbyes, with some 470 million users visiting its discussion board, as the game was removed on Monday. — Epic Games

Epic Games pulled the plug on its Chinese version of Fortnite on Monday, with its three-year effort to penetrate the world's biggest gaming market derailed by Communist Party crackdowns against online addiction and the broader tech sector.

Epic had announced two weeks ago that it would shut down the Chinese version of the game on Nov 15, noting that "Fortnite China's Beta test has reached an end" and that servers would be closed.