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World Of Warcraft: Wrath Of The Lich King
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WoW: China Clamps Down on Blizzard's MMORPG - News
By Emanuel Avram
Published: November 3, 2009
Print Citing "gross violations" of regulations, the General Administration of Press and Publication said it had halted and returned NetEase's application to operate "Burning Crusades" -- the latest version of the game licensed from Activision.
The regulatory body posted a statement on its Web site that demanded the NetEase affiliate company that operates World of Warcraft to suspend charging users to play the game, and disallow new account registrations.
Shares of NetEase, the No. 2 online game company in China, closed down 2.4 percent at $37.69 on Nasdaq. Stock in Activision Blizzard ended down 4.3 percent at $10.37, while rival Shanda Interactive finished up 3.5 percent. Sohu, a major game portal, lost 2.8 percent.
The news comes as Beijing tries to tighten its control over online gaming, worried about undesirable content. In October, the regulator banned many forms of foreign investment into the country's online games industry -- expected to grow 30-50 percent this year to up to $4 billion
But analysts said the impact on other Chinese online gaming operators such as Shanda would be marginal, because most were in compliance with regulations set by both the administration as well as the Ministry of Culture, also viewed as a regulatory body for the industry.
NetEase launched the World of Warcraft game commercially in China on Sept. 19. Roth Capital Partners analyst Adam Krejcik said the move by the GAPP was not surprising, given previous reports that the agency was displeased that the popular multiplayer online game was launched without its approval.
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Although it does not include all the patch notes, I thought I'd add this now so you get the general idea of what will change in the next major World of Warcraft Patch 2.4.0.
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The stellar "Sins of a Solar Empire" hits our PCs with a unique interesting new combination of game genres and a few cool ideas that should draw the attention of quite a few strategy fans. The newcomer Ironclad Games managed the impossible and created a competitive title indeed. But aside from all the prays and high marks this game received overall, its approach on RTS and the mix of elements it brings, one can find some things that will bother a few players and that will eventually influence the grades of this review. Ok, let's take it from the top.
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| World of Warcraft Patch 3.2.0 - Call of the Crusade August 26, 2009 Call of the Crusade is the last step before Icecrown Citadel and your
epic confrontation with Arthas, the Lich King. Minor tweaks here, a new PvP
battleground there, and a bosses only PvE instance, Patch 3.2.0 manages to keep
the WoW spirit alive and well, and to rekindle that heroic dungeon interest.
Okay, now back to ToC for more free epicsss!
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| World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Patch 3.1 - Secrets of Ulduar April 29, 2009 It's now
easier to talk about final thoughts than it was six months ago when I wrote my
Lich King review. For me, this patch completes the big picture and makes Wrath
of the Lich King a successful addon that raises the bar even higher for future
content, but at the same time makes you want to play more, and experience more
things the game has to offer.
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| World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King January 19, 2009 Changes in many areas make World of Warcraft's second
expansion: Wrath of the Lich King one of the best expansion packs ever for a
game. Blizzard did an excellent job as we got used to, learned from the past
mistakes, and created a polished game once more. However, because of this war of the clones, many of us got to
play tons of similar MMORPGs since WoW was first launched, and I fear no matter
how many tweaks Blizz comes up with, they won't be able to keep up unless they
have a new creation. But this won't happen for some time, so in the near
future, Blizzard's epic franchise is safe and sound, with an 11 million
subscriber population in their pockets.
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