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Blizzard Awaits China's Approval For WoW Relaunch

Posted by Soulskill on from the wrath-of-the-happy-smile-king dept.

angry tapir writes "The relaunch of World of Warcraft in China, where it has already been offline for six weeks, still faces an indefinite delay as it awaits government approval for its content. Problems for Blizzard Entertainment, the game's creator, started when it switched to a new local operator for World of Warcraft in China, online gaming company NetEase. New operators of foreign games have to submit the games for government approval, and China has objected to some of the content it found in its latest review of the game."

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  1. You No Take Mao's Candle!!! by nweaver · · Score: 5, Funny

    The Chinese Communist party got tired of people taking their candles.

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  2. Re:What's the big deal? by A.+B3ttik · · Score: 5, Funny

    So someone over there would have to play just over 230 hours a month to be paying $15/month.

    So in other words, a slow month for those of us who play WoW?

  3. Re:Worse than Nintendo by PotatoFarmer · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Different cultures have different taboos. Remember Janet Jackson during the Superbowl? I'd be willing to bet that gigantic shitstorm in the US would have been perfectly acceptable for a lot of other cultures.