No World of Warcraft in China

China has put World of Warcraft under review again today (2nd November 2009) in a crackdown against online gaming. The government arm that regulates online gaming in China has suspended approval for NetEase.com Inc to operate Activision-Blizzard’s online role-playing game World of Warcraft. NetEase have been asked to stop collecting fees and suspend new account registration as the game is in violation of regulation agreements.A regulator from the General Administration of Press and Publication (GAPP) said today in an online statement that the game was in ‘gross violation’ of Chinese regulations and they have returned the company’s application to operate in China.

Analysts aren’t surprised that the game as been targeted by the GAPP, as the branch of the government was displeased over World of Warcraft going back online thanks to the approval from the Ministry of Culture.

Any WOW fans out there? What do you think about this?