Audition: Exposing the Hidden Pornographic Marketing of Online Games, Once Faced the Risk of Being Shut Down

by yinfoo8 on 2008-07-16 20:31:29

Core tip: According to a report issued last night by the Xinhua News Agency, Department of Cultural Market of the Culture Ministry and Internet Bureau of the State Council Information Office jointly held a briefing on strengthening the supervision over online games. In the meeting, some online games including "Audition" were named and reported for such problems as incomplete shielding of harmful information, vulgarization of game design orientation, and bad induction to players in game promotion activities, etc., which were considered to violate laws and regulations and go against social morality. The industry was required to strengthen self-discipline, and make self-examinations and corrections.

Now only two days are left before the ChinaJoy - the grandest event in the Chinese online game circle, and many online game enterprises are busy with the final publicity and exhibition work. However, at this time, 9You, an online game enterprise suffering from multiple disasters, is preoccupied with the current disputes: its main online game "Audition" was criticized by the Culture Ministry for the vulgarization of design orientation and bad induction to players in promotion.