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World of Warcraft's story in China
Date:01/05/2010Views: Admin: hellowqThe saga of keeping World of Warcraft up and running in China has been a major story for MMO media outlets throughout the year. The news is incredibly convoluted, but we'll try to sum it up as succinctly as possible. In April Blizzard announced that NetEase was getting the license for WoW in mainland China over The9, the game's previous operator. Blizzard was then accused of entering an illegal joint venture with NetEase, which was followed by Wo ......
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The saga of keeping World of Warcraft up and running in China has been a major story for MMO media outlets throughout the year. The news is incredibly convoluted, but we'll try to sum it up as succinctly as possible. In April Blizzard announced that NetEase was getting the license for WoW in mainland China over The9, the game's previous operator. Blizzard was then accused of entering an illegal joint venture with NetEase, which was followed by WoW entering closed beta in China in July.
The closed beta event was only supposed to last for a week, but the wait for authorization from China's General Administration(buy wow gold) of Press and Publication forced NetEase to continue the beta for longer than anticipated. The game remained free-to-play during testing in August and the GAPP suspended NetEase's approval to operate WoW in November, although the Ministry of Culture claims the game is ready to go. These events demonstrate that even the world's most popular MMO can get caught up in the red tape surrounding the GAPP and the MOC in China.
