China approved new videogames, ending an eight month freeze that had cast a dark shadow over the world’s largest videogame market by revenue. But the list of 45 domestic games didn’t include any titles by Tencent or Netease, China’s biggest gaming publishers. Investors largely cheered the move, which came after China had earlier sharply restricted the amount of time minors can play games,...
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