Source: Securities Times.

Another batch of game licenses has been successfully issued, with as many as 109 licenses issued this time.

On September 27, the official website of the National Press and Publication Administration announced the approval information for domestic online games in September 2024. A total of 109 domestic online games have obtained licenses, and the number of approved domestic online games has consistently remained above one hundred.

From the perspective of application categories, this time 48 mobile games obtained licenses, 54 games obtained licenses for mobile leisure puzzle products, 5 games obtained licenses for multiple platforms such as mobile and PC, 1 game obtained a client game license, and 1 game obtained a client and console game license.

Many listed companies' game products have obtained licenses in this round of approval. Such as$37 Interactive Entertainment Network Technology Group (002555.SZ)$Adventure Beat the Dragon, and$Kingnet Network (002517.SZ)$The Blue Moon Chronicles, Kingdom Crisis,$Hangzhou Electronic Soul Network Technology (603258.SH)$The Road to Master, Unusual Encounters Stories,$Zhejiang Century Huatong Group (002602.SZ)$such as Long Journey: the Journey under Wuxi Seventh Cool Network

In addition, $TENCENT (00700.HK)$ The Hunt under Hainan Tencent Interactive Entertainment Co., Ltd., Sword Lover's Destiny Zero under Xishan Ju$Mango Excellent Media (300413.SZ)$Subsidiaries include hunan happy mango interactive entertainment technology co.,ltd.'s "Sanrio family fun park" and other enterprises and products.

Since the beginning of this year, except for April and May, the monthly issuance of domestic online game licenses has consistently remained above one hundred. According to statistics, from January to September this year, a total of 959 domestic online game licenses have been issued, significantly exceeding the same period last year. In August, 117 licenses were issued in a single month, ranking first, followed by 111 licenses in February. In addition, 75 imported online games have obtained licenses this year.

Driven by summer and key games such as "Black Myth: Wukong", the heat of China's game market significantly increased in August this year, with sales revenue showing significant growth.

According to the "August 2024 China Game Industry Monthly Report" released by Gamma Data, this month, "Black Myth: Wukong" brought a significant increase to the stand-alone and console markets, while during the summer vacation period, revenues from some top mobile games also saw significant growth, resulting in significant month-on-month and year-on-year growth in the Chinese game market.

In August 2024, China's game market sales revenue reached 33.64 billion yuan, an increase of 21.01% month-on-month and 15.10% year-on-year. The market size has maintained month-on-month growth for four consecutive months, with the highest month-on-month growth rate so far this year. The report mentioned that the month-on-month growth was mainly driven by the increase in mobile, stand-alone, and console markets, with some operations and new products making significant contributions.

The report also shows that in August 2024, the actual sales revenue of domestically developed games in the Chinese market reached 27.261 billion yuan, a significant increase of 32.9% month-on-month and 8.35% year-on-year. The actual sales revenue of domestically developed games in overseas markets was 1.88 billion US dollars in August 2024, an increase of 18.55% month-on-month and 25.12% year-on-year. Among them, "Black Myth: Wukong" provided some of the incremental growth.

Editor / jayden