Chinese government shut down World of Warcraft in China. Apparently they found "gross violation" of chinese law with the localization contract of NetEase, a Blizzard partner company.
They were told to cease charging and stop accepting new registration. The Chinese government also rejects the application to localize first WoW expansion Burning Crusade.
After so much ups and downs, including changing partner, and spending most of this year offline, Blizzard is meeting a road block again. It is still unclear when the ban will be lifted.
No doubt it will affect the earnings of the parent company. Chinese gamers however, can opt to migrate to different country server for the time being to continue their quest/ gold farming.
Source: Gamespot
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
World of Warcraft shut down in China
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