Apple removes 39,000 games from the App Store in China

Apple removed nearly 39,000 apps from its App Store in China on Thursday due to a lack of an official license from local regulators, reports Reuters.

The report, which cites data from research firm Qimai, says the games affected by the elimination included the title Ubisoft Assassin’s Creed Identity and NBA 2K20. According to Qimai, only 74 of the top 1,500 paid games in the China App Store survived the cleanup.

In addition to the 39,000 games, the report says Apple has removed more than 46,000 apps from the store in total.

Apple in February offered app developers an initial June 30 deadline to prove they have a license for their games, and later extended the deadline to December 31. in August it eliminated 30,000 applications for similar reasons.

In July, Apple reportedly warned developers about removing apps if their apps did not meet regulatory requirements. The removal of unlicensed applications is said to come from growing government pressure on Apple to comply with local regulations that have been in place since 2016.

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