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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[World of Warcraft allowed a "partial relaunch" in China]]></title><link>http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/07/22/world-of-warcraft-allowed-a-partial-relaunch-in-china/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/07/22/world-of-warcraft-allowed-a-partial-relaunch-in-china/</guid><comments>http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/07/22/world-of-warcraft-allowed-a-partial-relaunch-in-china/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/world-of-warcraft/" rel="tag">World of Warcraft</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/fantasy/" rel="tag">Fantasy</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/business-models/" rel="tag">Business models</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/culture/" rel="tag">Culture</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/launches/" rel="tag">Launches</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/mmo-industry/" rel="tag">MMO industry</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/news-items/" rel="tag">News items</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/168817/world_of_warcraft_allowed_partial_relaunch_in_china.html"><img hspace="4" border="1" vspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/massively.joystiq.com/media/2009/07/wowbcchina580.jpg" alt="" /></a><br /></div>
While <a href="http://www.warcraftchina.com/index.html"><em>World of Warcraft</em></a> China remains in turmoil, the government has loosened their grip on the game slightly, allowing former account holders to jump back into Azeroth once more.<br /><br />The Chinese government has given <a href="http://www.163.com">NetEase</a>, the new operator of <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/world-of-warcraft"><em>World of Warcraft</em></a>, the ok to re-open the servers on July 30th. This relaunch is being labeled as a "testing phase," however, as no new accounts will be allowed until the government completes their review of the game. NetEase is also barred from changing the cost of the subscriptions during this phase to ensure a smooth transition from the former operator, <a href="http://www.wowchina.com">The9</a>.<p><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/07/22/world-of-warcraft-allowed-a-partial-relaunch-in-china/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>World of Warcraft allowed a "partial relaunch" in China</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com"><img src="http://massively.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Massively" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/07/22/world-of-warcraft-allowed-a-partial-relaunch-in-china/">World of Warcraft allowed a "partial relaunch" in China</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com">Massively</a> on Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.pcworld.com/article/168817/world_of_warcraft_allowed_partial_relaunch_in_china.html>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/07/22/world-of-warcraft-allowed-a-partial-relaunch-in-china/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/forward/19106546/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/07/22/world-of-warcraft-allowed-a-partial-relaunch-in-china/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>163.com</category><category>breaking</category><category>china</category><category>gapp</category><category>government</category><category>netease</category><category>relaunch</category><category>review</category><category>testing</category><category>the9</category><category>warcraft-china</category><category>world-of-warcraft</category><category>wow-china</category><category>wrath-of-the-lich-king</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Seraphina Brennan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:00:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
