A Chinese regulatory body has ordered the cease of World of WarCraft gaming operation in its territory, in what is being suggested is nothing more than an internet "turf war".
It's not even clear if the body has the authority to do so, says
Reuters, but NetEase, the company behind World of WarCraft distribution and maintenance, was told to no longer accept any new account registrations, and to stop taking money from existing subscribers.
It's believed the move is to redistribute growth in the online gaming sector to other companies and titles as the momentum for World of WarCraft, since its commercial launch in September, has been incredibly strong. Check the above link for more.
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Yes
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Also bought myself an authenticator and changed my email just in case. Would suck having multiple accounts linked and then being keylogged. Not that I go to dodgy sites but it's nice to have peace of mind.
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"Millions of Warcraft players will suffer the most," said Leon Li, vice president of Chinese mobile Internet firm KongZhong (KONG.O). "But if you take a long term view of the industry, many of these Warcraft gamers may migrate to other games, so for the other Chinese online game companies, it is a good thing.""
Just because Blizzard's offering is better than the usual junk being churned out.
Posted 03:51pm 04/11/09
Stupid chinese chinaman!
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But yes, it would be weird having a game have such an impact on a countries government.
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