Latest World of Warcraft Expansion Blocked In China

Posted by Soulskill on Wednesday March 11, 2009 @08:59PM from the mourn-the-farmers dept.

The Opposable Thumbs blog reports that World of Warcraft's most recent expansion, Wrath of the Lich King, is not being allowed into the Chinese market. The Escapist brings further details, saying, "According to an insider, two specific shortcomings included the presence of skeleton characters and a 'city raid.' Nor did the submitted version contain the starting area for the game's new Death Knight class." The Chinese version of World of Warcraft has been modified in the past to remove skeletons and zombies.

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Re:WTF? by Anonymous Coward · 2009-03-11 21:25 · Score: 5, Funny

If we combine chinese and US censorship, will there be anything left?
Re:Lobby price too low by gzipped_tar · 2009-03-11 21:46 · Score: 5, Funny

Oh, probably I forgot to explain myself. In the Chinese login screen the frost wyrm is just missing. "Harmonize" is a sarcastic term used by Chinese people to mean "censor", as a pun on the government's self-proclaimed goal of "developing a harmonious society" ;)

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