University to launch course on gaming studies

A university in Wuhan, capital of Hubei province, plans to join the growing number of Chinese colleges offering a course on electronic games, as the nation looks to fill the talent gap in the rapidly developing industry.

Huazhong University of Science and Technology's course - introduction to game studies - will be available from September next year and will interpret games from an academic perspective, said Xiong Shuo, a lecturer at the university's School of Journalism and Information Communication.

"Many young people are very interested in games but don't understand what a game is," Xiong, 30, said.