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Ultimately, the problem came down to in-app purchases, which the government would not approve, given <em>PUBG&#8217;<\/em>s war-based content.<\/p> <p>In a bizarre twist however, Tencent has replaced <em>PUBG<\/em> with an all-new patriotic title, <em>Game for Peace<\/em>, which the publisher states &#8220;pays tribute to the blue sky warriors that guard our country&rsquo;s airspace,&#8221; referencing China&#8217;s air force. Amusingly, <em>Game for Peace<\/em> is reportedly <em>PUBG<\/em> in almost every single way, and previous<em> PUBG<\/em> players have found their accounts &#8211; even their in-game stats &#8211; automatically transferred to the new title.<\/p> <p> &#8220;It&#8217;s almost exactly the same,&#8221; noted IHS Games analyst Cui Chenyu. &#8220;The gameplay, the  background, the graphic design and the characters, they&rsquo;re almost the  same.&#8221; Incidentally, <em>Game for Peace has<\/em> found approval for monetisation from the government.<\/p> <p><em>PlayerUnknown&#8217;s Battlegrounds<\/em> is available now on PS4, PC, Xbox One and mobile devices.<\/p> <p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-tencent-games\/tencent-pulls-blockbuster-game-pubg-in-china-launches-patriotic-alternative-idUSKCN1SE0CT\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Tencent pulls PUBG in China, launches patriotic alternative<\/a> [Reuters]<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":237894,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"article_type":"","gamurs_wordpress_blocks_hide_tags":false,"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false},"categories":[1,97,101,99],"tags":[154,245,1203,1525,134,84,156,496,291,109,322,1204,1089,1087],"internal-label":[],"invoiceable_action":[],"article_type":[],"coauthors":[{"id":3,"display_name":"Chris Moyse","user_login":"Chris Moyse","user_nicename":"chris-moyse"}],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n<title>PUBG test build pulled in China, replaced with patriotic alternative &#8211; 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