Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Shanghai-based online game company The9 reportedly has not won approval from the Chinese authority to operate Wrath of the Lich King in Mainland China.After the Spring Festival, The9 again filed an application for the operating right in the mainland. To reach its goal, the company intentionally deleted the game's new contents about death knights and Dalaran. However, the expansion pack still contains contents such as massacre, and the Chinese authority considers them as dangerous.
Then, rampant rumors arose saying that The9 would postpone the release of Wrath of the Lich King, annoying Blizzard Entertainment, the game's developer, and that both sides broke up in their negotiations on the renewal of their contract relating to the further operation of World of Warcraft (WoW) in the mainland.
There were some reports that The9 President Chen Xiaowei privately met with top executives of Electronic Arts (EA and Nasdaq: ERTS), talking about operating games of EA. The Chinese company has denied the story, explaining that the localization of the new expansion pack is being sped up.
In other WoW related news...
In its first week, Dawn of War II managed to take the PC sales crown from the World of Warcraft expansion Wrath of the Lich King. One would've expected Lich King to retake the top spot the following week now that the die-hard fans of Dawn have bought their copies but it seems that scrappy little real-time strategy game's got legs.
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Microsoft is boldly entering a new category of accessories with the introduction of the USB-powered Notebook Cooling Base, which sports a built-in fan and cooling channel to prevent overheating. The whole thing is just 1.16 inches thick, and there's even a cable management clip if you find yourself in need. As for pricing, you can expect the breezy pad to land this July for $29.95.
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