The official Fortnite China website has announced that services for the game will be shutting down on November 15. No concrete reason was given for the shutdown, though some observers have speculated that the shutdown could be attributed to China’s stricter gaming regulations for children.
Back in August, the Chinese government decided to limit how much people under 18 can play video games. Children in China are now only allowed to play games for one hour each day and only from Friday to Sunday. That would leave kids with at most only three hours of playtime.
The justification from the Chinese government is that they are trying to curb gaming addiction from young people at an earlier age. Fortnite China only launched in China back in April 2018, meaning that the game only lasted three and a half years in the country before shutting down.
The game launched in China during the middle of Season 5, and there were multiple localization changes made for the game to please the Chinese regulations and practices. There was no microtransaction in Fortnite China, which is generally a huge source of income for the game in other parts of the world.
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