The s?c thúNational Press and Publication Administration (NPPA) of China today released the first batch of licenses for imported games in 2024, with 32 games receiving approval. Tencent Games secured licenses for two Nintendo Switch games, including the 3D adventure game Kirby and the Forgotten Land and the drum rhythm game Taiko no Tatsujin. NetEase’s subsidiary Boltrend Games obtained approval for the role-playing game Octopath Traveler: Champions of the Continent, while ByteDance’s gaming arm Nuversen gained approval for the action game World Trigger: Borderless Mission. From 2021 to 2023, the imported game approvals for the past three years were 76, 44, and 98, respectively. [NPPA, in Chinese]