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World of Warcraft ordered to shut down in China again
The Chinese version of World of Warcraft is a cash machine for Activision Blizzard. But the massively multiplayer online game’s fate is up in the air again. A Chinese government agency, the General Administration of Press and Publication, has once again revoked the permit required to ...
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The biggest ban ever: no more World of Warcraft in China
Download Squad — ... But not to worry... Modern Warfare 2 is out this week! A lot of people point to the 13 million subscribers and marvel at the amount of money that WoW must make for Activision Blizzard -- but their MMO revenues only account for 35% of their total takings. The rest come from their huge COD and Guitar Hero brands. Thanks to the magnificent, circumventable behemoth of the Internet, WoW players in China are just logging into the servers over in Taiwan anyway. Hooray! [via VentureBeat] The biggest ban ever: no more World of Warcraft in China originally ...

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