Rest easy, friends, since the World of Warcraft-in-China saga has come to an end. Yes, the game is now up and running once again. Unfortunately, I guess, there’s a bit of censorship to contend with.
Just take a look at these two pictures. The circled bits are the censored parts.
Things to look out for: less dead-looking undead characters (check out that guy’s jaw); sandbags instead of bone piles; black blood instead of red blood, etc.
Nothing really insane, and certainly nothing to complain about. I just find it interesting that this is how, not to mention why, the Chinese authorities deal with so-called, uh, badness.
via Kotaku
Speaking to the approval of the issue, latest argument from China State Press Publication Administration’s Science & Technology Networks Digital Publication of the Secretary of the Department is that the approval of Warcraft is still carried out in accordance with the procedure, there is no deadline for approval.
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