fish.chen - 2009-11-5 17:48:00
11月2日，新闻出版总署发出通知，终止《魔兽世界》(燃烧的远征)审批，退回关于引进出版《魔兽世界》的申请。
新闻出版总署称，在对网之易公司申请代理运营境外著作权人授权的网络游戏《魔兽世界》的审批过程中，新闻出版总署考虑到该游戏运营代理转换过程中有大量数据需要梳理，为保护玩家的切身利益不受损害，允许网之易公司在对不良内容进行修改的同时自7月30日起进行内部测试，重点是对玩家在游戏中的各种数据进行有效恢复，同时明确要求内测期间不得收费和提供新账号的注册。网之易公司对此表示完全接受和执行。
Blizzard’s World Of Warcraft appears to be down indefinitely in China, which is one of WoW’s largest user bases. Blizzard recently changed the company that was operating WoW for them in China from The9 to NetEase. WoW was supposed to be up and running by the end of June. Apparently the transition hasn’t gone so well because WoW isn’t up in China and it appears that there is no update as to when the game will be available.
One report suggests that the Chinese government is looking into the partnership between NetEase and Blizzard as possible illegal joint venture and has suspended WoW until the investigation is over.
Blizzard and The9 launched WoW in China in 2005 and saw a massive response to the role-playing game. In less than one month, the game surpassed 1.5 million paying players thanks to China’s growing gaming community. It’s not clear what the holdup is or if it is permanent. Perhaps somebody at NetEase didn’t pass a big enough brown paper bag to an official at the right department.