The Mahjong Line said in an email Tuesday that the company had 'pure intentions and a shared love for the game of American mahjong.

Usually, it’s played with four players, but a three-player variation was created in affected countries.

Daily Challenges: Microsoft Mahjong has daily challenges each day with unique gameplay modes such as Golden Tiles. Due to its popularity, Mahjong spread throughout the Far East, being dominant in South Korea and Japan. Microsoft Mahjong is the classic tile-matching game now updated with Daily Challenges, a new look and feel, and over 40 puzzles Level Up: Complete puzzles at four levels of difficulty, perfect for Mahjong beginners and experts alike. Also calling a line ‘minimal’ but stamping it with both symbols and numbers defeats the point,” referring to the tiles imprinted with both the Chinese and the Arabic numericals. Mahjong is a Chinese-tile game that is popular in Asia, specifically China, of course. 'What makes this CULTURALLY insensitive is that they felt the need to 'refresh' aka whitewash the game in order to make it *worthy* of playing,' one Twitter user wrote.Īnother Twitter wrote: “There's a Dallas-based ‘What if mahjong, but for white people?’ company. Today, the Microsoft Casual Games team is proud to announce that Microsoft Mahjong, the classic tile-matching game, is now updated for Windows 10 with Daily Challenges, a new look and feel, and 20 new puzzles exclusively for Windows 10. Among its rebranding were words like “BAM!” and images of a bar soap and palm trees - drawing ire from many social media users who accused the company of erasing the historical relationship between Chinese Americans and the centuries-old game.

The company launched its neon-colored mahjong tile sets with a price tag between $325 and $425 on Nov.

Microsoft mahjong change tiles