A further 22 games have been approved for release in China.

As revealed by Daniel Ahmad - AKA @ZhugeEX - on Twitter (below), the games regulator for China has approved more mobile titles for release in the country.

The biggest addition is Fantasy Westward Journey 3D, a NetEase title. The MMORPG - Fantasy Westward Journey - was first released on PC in 2001.

The game’s mobile version hit both the App Store and Google Play in 2015. The Chinese firm earned $2.7 billion in the first quarter of 2019 - attributing its success to the continued performance of Fantasy Westward Journey.

A successful title

Fantasy Westward Journey’s mobile version grossed $800 million in China alone for 2016.

The following year, it made $1.5 billion globally, bringing the game’s total revenue to $2.3 billion by the end of 2017.

New batch of 22 game titles were approved by China's gaming regulator this week, all of which were mobile titles.

Key title approved for NetEase was Fantasy Westward Journey 3D, an updated version of the company's hit franchise on PC and mobile. pic.twitter.com/zTNeM2SVZo

— Daniel Ahmad (@ZhugeEX) November 4, 2019