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Continuing on in that
upward ascension toward MMO godhood, Blizzard's
Wrath of the Lich King expansion for
World of Warcraft has proven to be
popular with the Death Knight crowd in Western markets. "Popular" is an understatement, of course. Millions of MMO gamers have bought the expansion to date. Despite its success in Western markets,
Wrath of the Lich King still hasn't been released in China, where the title has a significant playerbase. Why? Regulatory issues and censorship.
China-based
JLM Pacific Epoch reports:
"The government has rejected two applications by the second expansion for The9's (Nasdaq: NCTY) licensed MMORPG World of Warcraft, "Wrath of the Lich King," [...] The applications were rejected due to content that didn't meet requirements, including a city raid and skeleton characters; the submitted version did not contain WLK's Death Knight first hero class..." Continue reading Wrath of the Lich King rejected thus far by Chinese governmentWrath of the Lich King rejected thus far by Chinese government originally appeared on
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CommentsAuthor: James Egan
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Publish Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 15:00:00 EST
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