(Yicai) April 22 -- China's National Press and Publication Administration issued 127 new game licenses this month, with 118 domestic titles, including some from Tencent Holdings and NetEase.

Hero-based tactical shooter Fate Trigger, developed by Tencent's Saroasis Studio and powered by Unreal Engine 5, and Extreme Battlefield from NetEase's Leihuo Technology were on the list of approved games released by the regulator yesterday.

Path of Exile 2: Dawn of the Hunt from New Zealand developer Grind Gear Games was among the nine approved imported games. The sequel to the action role-playing game released in 2016 features gameplay and a worldview similar to Blizzard's classic Diablo, which NetEase runs in China, with the two likely to compete in the market.

In addition, Perfect World, KingNet Network, and Zhejiang Century Huatong Group were among the major Chinese game studios that received new game licenses.

The National Press and Publication Administration has approved 480 domestic and 30 imported games since the start of this year.

Black Myth: Wukong, the hit action role-playing game from Shenzhen-based Game Science, and other hit titles significantly boosted China's game market last year. Domestic sales jumped 7.5 percent to a record high of CNY325.8 billion (USD44.6 billion) from the previous year, with the number of players rising 1 percent to a record high of 674 million, according to Gamma Data.

Editor: Martin Kadiev