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Spurned Chinese Publisher May Create WoW Knockoff
Earlier this year, Chinese game publisher The9 lost the rights to operate World of Warcraft in China. Now, it appears they are trying to solve their financial troubles by making World of Fight, which bears a suspicious resemblance to World of Warcraft. Others have noted similarities between World of Fight and Warhammer Online. Quoting Eurogamer: "According to the China Journal report, Chinese industry observers 'wonder whether The9 is launching a "shanzhai," or knock-off, World of Warcraft in hopes of keeping WOW players,' with iResearch analyst Zhao Xufeng noting that 'with the topic staying in the centre of attention, The9 can easily attract attention by doing this.'"
You know, when you translate phrases from other languages you're allowed to make them grammatically sound. World of Fighting would have, presumably, the same meaning but actually not sound quite as ridiculous in English.
One wonders what Blizzard does with it's cut of the revenue : in theory, they could use that money to create a WoW sequel that would be the most technically complex game ever made, with the best graphics and most sophisticated AI ever put in a computer game.
Or they could — and this is entirely blue-sky thinking, mind you — use said revenue to develop a theoretical sequel to StarCraft, an obscure RTS they made a few years back.
And, unbeknown to many, Blizzard, back when they were a plucky, unknown company called "Blizzard Entertainment", put together a charming, though largely forgotten, duo of games under the "Diablo" name. Now, I know there's little chance you've heard of them (not many have), but from what I understand, they were sort of dungeon crawl games with online components. They DO have a small cult following, though, so maybe — just maybe — they could throw their loyal fans a bone and make a third game in the series.
Again, just wild, crazy ideas I've got.
and those kids won't play a fake WoW.
Sometimes, you can, you go to hell for the rest of your life! That's a true thing.
WOF? World of Fail - "were u cum 2 farm teh gLOLdz"
* The World of Fight currency
I'm trying to teach myself to set people on fire with my mind... Is it hot in here?
This just in, yet another MMO mimicking WoW in the making. Film at 11.
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
Well then, why aren't you complaining to your mom, dad, aunt and uncle, instead of bitching at us on Slashdot.
Because they don't never come down in the basement no more. :-(