World of Warcraft

...to the rest of the world. The country's already swatted World of Warcraft (or one of its expansions, anyway), and more than 200 online games were smashed as part of a national birthday celebration back in October. This time, the country's...

In this article: China and Ministry of Culture

...be sold on to Warcraft fanatics. Wrath of the Lich King, the second World of Warcraft expansion pack, was released last year, with fans queuing through the night to be among the first to play the game. Set in the fictional world of...

In this article: Warcraft, Blizzard, BlizzCon, Crack cocaine, Wrath of the Lich King, Mike Morhaime, Sweden, and China

...power struggle," Krejcik said of NetEase. If World of Warcraft is shut down in China permanently, it will have an adverse affect on the earnings of Blizzard's parent company, Activision Blizzard. Janco Partners analyst Mike Hickey told...

In this article: NetEase, Blizzard Entertainment, China, Ministry of Culture, Fiscal year, Activision Blizzard, and Nasdaq

World of Warcraft, developed by California-based company Activision Blizzard Entertainment, was previously licensed to another Chinese firm, The9, which ran the game in China for four years from 2005, earlier media reports said. The...

In this article: NetEase, The9, China, Ministry of Culture, Revenue, and Blizzard

...games in China. The background: On Monday, the Chinese General Administration of Press and Publication ordered the Shanghai-based operator of World of Warcraft, NetEase, to shut down its servers for World of Warcraft. The agency said that...

In this article: NetEase, Revenue, China, Beijing, and State Council

...regulations set by both the administration as well as the Ministry of Culture. NetEase launched the World of Warcraft game commercially in China on September 19. Roth Capital Partners analyst Adam Krejcik said the move by the GAPP was not...

In this article: NetEase, Reuters Limited, China, Activision, Ministry of Culture, Activision Blizzard, and Morgan Stanley

...mouth to cause difficulty eating and sleeping. … Continued A college student plays the online game World of Warcraft in his dormitory room in southwest China's Chongqing city. Chinese regulators are fighting over the right to oversee...

In this article: Ministry of Culture, NetEase, Beijing, Revenue, Warcraft, and China

...before. NetEase, which also operates a major local portal, began operating World of Warcraft in September without approval from the publishing regulator, the General Administration of Press and Publication (GAPP), the agency said. The agency...

In this article: NetEase, China, Blizzard Entertainment, and Yahoo

...but once an online game goes live, responsibility shifts to the Ministry of Culture. World of Warcraft went live in China four years ago. Its move from The9 to NetEase amounts to a literal technicality. It would seem, at first blush...

In this article: NetEase, China, Ministry of Culture, Iphone, Mmorpg, Sony, Activision Blizzard, Blizzard, and Warcraft