Apple on Thursday removed nearly 39,000 apps from its Chinese App Store due to apps that don’t have an official license from local regulators, reports Reuters.
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The report, which cites data from research firm Qimai, says the games affected by the slaughter included the Ubisoft title, Assassin’s Creed Identity and NBA 2K20. According to Qimai, only 74 of the top 1,500 paid games on the China App Store survived the purge.
In addition to the 39,000 games, the report states that Apple has also removed more than 46,000 apps from its store.
In February, Apple gave app developers an initial June 30 deadline to prove they had a license for their games and later extended the deadline to December 31. However, in July, the company froze updates for thousands of iOS mobile games without an official license, and in August it removed 30,000 apps for similar reasons.
In July, Apple alerted developers about application removals if their applications did not meet regulatory requirements. The removal of apps without official licenses is said to come from increased government pressure on Apple to comply with local regulations that have been in place since 2016.
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