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Categories:World of Warcraft November 2nd, 2009

NetEase gets China non-approval notice Reuters reported that China didn't approve World of Warcraft in China … I guess the future of the game doesn't look good in China. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 2 (Reuters) - China's No.2 Internet games operator NetEase.com Inc (NTES.O) said it has been notified by a Chinese government agency that its operation of the World of Warcraft game does not have proper approval.

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WoW in China, Blue posts, Comics

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Categories:Ulduar, Videos, World of Warcraft September 11th, 2009

The well known Hungarian WoW blog Frostshock! managed to score an interview with the Chinese (now playing on the Taiwanese service) top guild Stars, who recently claimed world 2nd on Heroic: Anub’arak ( video of the kill ) in the Trial of the Grand Crusader.

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Interview with Chinese top guild: Stars

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Categories:Ulduar, Videos, World of Warcraft September 11th, 2009

The well known Hungarian WoW blog Frostshock! managed to score an interview with the Chinese (now playing on the Taiwanese service) top guild Stars, who recently claimed world 2nd on Heroic: Anub’arak ( video of the kill ) in the Trial of the Grand Crusader. Many thanks to Frostshock! for sharing the original version of the interview. Below please find the transcript, which I think is worth reading: First, please introduce yourself to our readers, who are you IRL, what character do you play, etc.

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Interview with Chinese top guild: Stars

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Categories:World of Warcraft July 31st, 2009

WoW China - Censorship getting worse After 2 months of downtime , the chinese servers are back online, however NetEase which is now in charge of operating WoW in China, had to make a few fun changes to the game. According to this chinese player , they replaced all pictures of skulls, chopped of heads, organs of any kind and some Warlock spells with Bags and Chests ! A few examples below

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Chinese WoW Censorship, BlizzCon Badges, Daily Blue

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Categories:World of Warcraft July 14th, 2009

As you probably know, the World of Warcraft service is currently on hold in China. In June the contract with the previous operator called The9 expired and Blizzard chose not to renew it, but instead go with a new company called Netease, reportedly for the tenfold increase in profit and greater control over game content. Some unforeseen consequences is that The9 sued them on 4 counts in China, where local companies are very much favored by the laws to protect against foreigners

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WoW likely to lose half its subscribers

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