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Kingdom Hearts 3: China Censoring Winnie The Pooh
China and Winnie the Pooh have an interesting history, with memes comparing Chinese President Xi Jinping to the yellow bear several years back causing some controversy. Now it is being reported that China is censoring material on search engines and social media services that show the character in the upcoming Kingdom Hearts 3.
This was noticed recently by Chinese gamers (as reported by Censored Gaming), who have spotted several images where Winnie the Pooh is being censored in images. The images in question are taken from the Hundred Acre Wood world, where you can see all of the other characters except Pooh. Instead, Pooh has been censored out by a blinding white light that only succeeds in drawing even more attention to the character.
Censorship in gaming is never a good thing, especially when it’s taken to this extreme on something so trivial. Anyone even remotely familiar with the series knows that it’s about as uncontroversial as it gets, yet here we are.
Kingdom Hearts 3 is set to launch for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on January 29th. It was recently revealed that the game’s development has wrapped, meaning that it’s ready to be pressed onto disc. There will likely be more development on the game regardless, which typically results in there being a day-one patch with various performance enhancements and bug fixes.
Blizzard couldn’t expect it to be flawless, could they? The Ultimate Edition’s four days of early access to Diablo 4 on PS5 and PS4 has caused many license errors. Blizzard may not be able to fix Sony’s issue, which is preventing them from playing.
“We are seeing reports regarding PlayStation users experiencing Invalid License errors,” community manager PezRadar writes. We’re investigating and will update.” PC and Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One players have been able to play since the game launched less than an hour ago, suggesting a Sony flaw.
Only the Ultimate Edition of Diablo 4 has early access, with the full launch on June 6, 2023. After accessing Diablo 4, consult our guide. Do you have licensing issues like PS5, PS4 players?
A new sizzle reel promises gameplay for games we’ve been waiting for at Ubsoft’s annual Forward showcase on June 12 at 10 am PT / 6 pm BST. Expect live updates on Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, Assassin’s Creed Mirage, and The Crew Motorfest during the French publisher’s spotlight.
Publisher showcases are now commonplace. Over the next week and a half, we’ll be eating well as E3 announces exciting video games.
Ubisoft’s Forward event—what are you hoping to see?
The Expanse: A Telltale Series will release its first five episodes on PS5 and PS4 on July 27. New gameplay footage was released in a trailer.
This isn’t the original Telltale team, which imploded two years ago in a twist many saw coming. Deck Nine and LCG Entertainment are developing and publishing The Expanse, a hermit-crabbing game.
If you missed that hot moment when we were swimming in episodic narrative content, your chance is coming. The Expanse: A Telltale Series: your thoughts? Try this doppelganger?
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