NetEase Ordered To Shut Down World Of Warcraft In China

Holy cow, the General Administration of Press and Publication in China, has ordered NetEase to cease operating World of Warcraft in the area due to the new version of the game lacking in approval. Leon Li, vice president of Chinese mobile Internet firm KongZhong commented:

“Millions of Warcraft players will suffer the most. 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.”

NetEase launched the game commercially in China on September 19th without prior approval from the General Administration of Press and Publication in China.

Source: Reuters