Gaming World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King banned in China

[The Helper]

When Activision Blizzard CEO (ATVI) Bobby Kotick said yesterday his company needed to work on penetrating the Chinese market, he wasn't kidding. The company's World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King, a blockbuster hit in the West, has been banned from sale in China by Chinese government censors.

China-based JLM Pacific Epoch: The government has rejected two applications by the second expansion for The9's (Nasdaq:NCTY) licensed MMORPG World of Warcraft, "Wrath of the Lich King," since China's Spring Festival (January 25 - February 1), reports Sohu quoting unnamed sources. The applications were rejected due to content that didn't meet requirements, including a city raid and skeleton characters; the submitted version did not contain WLK's Death Knight first hero class, said the insider.

WoW game developer Blizzard Entertainment recently deleted a link on the game's North American site to the site's simplified Chinese version, said the report.

New World Of Warcraft Banned In China

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[DDRtists]

You've got to be kidding me! Man, they really are strict over in China... :thdown:

 

[UndeadDragon]

No skeleton characters or city raids :thdown:

 

[Cornface]

That is pathetic.

 

[Oninuva]

That is pathetic.

That would be Culling of Strathelome..


But that is in the original game.

 

[Jackal]

Looks like Blizzard will need another idea of making much more money from WoW.

 

[radromity]

wow just wow thats got to be the poorest excuse ever ok blizzzard will probly make wow wartho the litch king china version with no killing no nothing no speacking no fighting no questing no weapons and armor

 

[Weegee]

wow just wow thats got to be the poorest excuse ever ok blizzzard will probly make wow wartho the litch king china version with no killing no nothing no speacking no fighting no questing no weapons and armor

You cant play the game. You just buy the disk and stare at it.

 

[BlackRose]

It's just a game? Why so mean XD

 

[mushroom911]

lol?

Ok lemme get this straight? So Blizzard got F*ed by China Who's strict over some F*ed laws and censorship issues? So basically Blizzard got F*ed By the laws protecting china while trying to F* China?


This makes no sense :nuts:

 

[radromity]

what do you mean i play wow im not am i

 

[Aeroblyctos]

China just owned Blizzard. Good job!

 

[Azlier]

Burn the heretic! *inserts angry mob smiley*

 

[radromity]

lol me hey i play theres nothign wrong with the game its realy good i take some breaks a lot usaly few months at a time and i still enjoy it i never did any raids or anything i just injoyed my self do some dungeons fish some times cook chase bunnys my favorite part lots of stuff

 

[DDRtists]

More than likely, Blizzard will release a "Chinese Patch" that censers those things, or makes them not raid-able.

 

[FireCat]

holy crap ... what requirements? ("including a city raid and skeleton characters; the submitted version did not contain WLK's Death Knight first hero class") why even need be this thing in the game? well anyway its a bit :nuts:

 

[sjakie]

Ah, China screws over a lot of senseless things. We knew that already, didn't we?

 

[DDRtists]

Ah, China screws over a lot of senseless things. We knew that already, didn't we?

It's only senseless because our government allows it, so we're used to it. Theirs doesn't, so it's "Normal" to them to have that kind of stuff banned. :thup:

 

[Eyonix]

China crits Blizzard for 1337 (Critical).

 

[jaybles169]

Take that Chinese gold farmers!