This is the case with today's piece in Silicon Alley Insider, which featured the of " WoW Cataclysm Classic Banned in China." In the article, the writer Eric Krangel proclaimed without hesitation that Activision Blizzard's " WoW Cataclysm Classic: Wrath of the Lich King which is a blockbuster smash in the West is now prohibited from WoW cataclysm Gold being sold within China because of Chinese state censors."
Krangel's apparent conviction came from a less reliable source: a blog post posted on East Asia finance blog JLM Pacific Epoch which doesn't reference any ban. The website refers to a news article about Google's Chinese language search engine Sohu that reported "unnamed sources" in a report that stated "The Chinese authorities have rejected 2 applications for the second expansion of The9's licenced MMORPG WoW Cataclysm Classic: Wrath of the Lich King." The9 is Blizzard's partner for localization in China and is currently operating WoW Cataclysm Classic as well as the initial expansion The Burning Crusade, within the territory.
The official version: "As a matter of normal procedure, we do not comment on speculation or rumors. WoW Cataclysm Classic continues to function as usual in the mainland of China and we're continuing to collaborate together with the local company, The9, toward the launch of Wrath of the Lich King in China. A formal announcement will be made when the game is ready for launch." --Blizzard rep.
Bogus or not?: Bogus. Sure that The Chinese government has rejected The9's proposal to launch The Wrath the Lich King...just the way it delayed for The Burning Crusade launch in 2007. Following the time that The9 took down any content Beijing censors considered objectionable -- in this case, skeletons because of some reason--the expansion went live without further issues. Blizzard representatives expressed their confidence that the triple platinum Wrath of the Lich King will follow the same path to launch and achieve succeed in the huge extremely multiplayer-driven market.
US PC Charts Feb. 22-28: Dawn of War II still tops the charts
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II is enjoying a great run of success of late it has been top of the line not just on its place on the US' PC charts in the first week of its release and also across the world. Within the US at the very least THQ and Relic TTA's sci-fi futuristic real-time strategy game continued be a huge success in its second week of release as well, with it being reported by the NPD Group reporting today that Dawn of War II led its PC sales charts for the second week in consecutive weeks.
Actually, the period between February 21 and February 28 is essentially similar to the week preceding. In keeping with the mid-February timeframe, WoW Cataclysm Classic: Wrath of the Lich King, The Sims 2 Double Deluxe and The Sims 2 Deluxe slotted in order of decreasing importance behind Dawn of War II. Other returning favourites WoW Cataclysm Classic, the WOW Battle Chest, and Spore changed spots with one another with the respectively fifth, sixth and seventh places.
Its sequel, The Sims Carnival: Snap City was released to terrible review in the WoW Cataclysm Classic Gold for sale month of January was the second game that made it back into the top ten, with one of which was Blizzard's most-seller WOW expansion The Burning Crusade. Sims 2 Apartment Life Sims 2 Apartment Life rounded out the week's charts in ninth position.
