
Chinese gamers worry Total War: Three Kingdoms might have black or green blood
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Total War: Three Kingdoms will add blood -- A LOT of blood -- to its battles in a new downloadable content pack. But Chinese gamers worry that instead of bloody battles with rivers of red, they might end up seeing lots of black or green blood instead.
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Needless to say, Reign of Blood has raised quite some eyebrows in the country. While not everybody is a fan of the blood pack, those who are interested in purchasing (which comes at US$3) worry that they might end up with getting green or black blood rather than red.

The Chinese version of CS:GO is a prime example of that, as characters in the game have black blood. Another case? PUBG Mobile, where shooting at an enemy results in puffs of green coming from their bodies, instead of the red seen outside China.
But will the Total War new blood pack actually be green or black? Well, only time will tell what Chinese censors do. But the good news for Creative Assembly is that many Chinese gamers are playing via the global version of Steam, which isn’t subject to Chinese censorship.
However, that doesn’t prevent Creative Assembly itself from censoring itself for users in China. After all, that’s what Valve did with CS:GO on Steam.
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