154 game licenses issued in April; "Search and Strike," last year's top-selling title on Steam, receives approval

This evening (the 29th), the National Press and Publication Administration issued the April list of publishing licenses for domestic and imported games, totaling 154 titles.

Among the newly approved games are Tencent’s *ARC Raiders* and *Lock Kingdom: Spirit Cards*, NetEase’s *The Forgotten Sea*, Giant Network’s *Ice Cage*,Kaiying Network’s *Xuanyuan Sword: Ancient Artifacts*, Friendship Times’ *A Dream of Splendor*, Changyou’s *Charge, Tanks!*, Yishijie’s *Three Kingdoms: Fertile Fields*, Yuanqu’s *Throne Spire*, Happy Interactive’s *Ragnarok Online: Battle of the Gods*, and Jianyou’s *Sheep’s Paradise*.

*Arc Hunter* is an evacuation-themed shooter developed by Embark. Since its international release in October 2025, it has sold over 15 million copies worldwide and won the "Best Multiplayer Game" award at the 2025 TGA.

154 game licenses issued in April; "Search and Strike," last year's top-selling title on Steam, receives approval

*The Sea of Forgetfulness* is an open-world RPG set in a maritime fantasy world, developed in-house by NetEase's Joker Studio. You'll take on the role of a "scatterbrained" puppet captain and embark on a free-roaming, fantastical, and wildly imaginative adventure across the seas.