The Office of National Internet Security shuttered the console game website 3DMgame.com. 3DM distributes pirated console games, and on January 6th the State Council confirmed the reversal of a 13-year ban on consoles. An executive from 3DM says that the Ministry of Culture will have a violence and ratings system for console games in the new regulatory system, so the games 3DM distributes would be banned. But the Ministry of Culture denied that to be the reason for the shuttering as well as denying that there would be a classification or ratings system for console games.
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