News from China today, regarding the launch of World of Warcraft 2 weeks ago. The article covers some details like differences in the game, market and pricing. A very interesting read regarding WoW and MMO gaming in China.

GUANGZHOU, CHINA - Azzor has the latest news on World of Warcraft's venture into the Chinese market (although we regrettably haven't actually been there). Chinese WoW was released on June 7, 2005 (contrary to the June 6 date published in Blizzard's press release). After taking down the open beta servers, everything was brought back online at 8:20pm local time and WoW China began taking the world's most populous country by storm. Through our Chinese contact, "Fears", Azzor is proud to bring you the latest from the land of the dragon.

World of Warcraft is being localized, sold, and supported in China by a company by the name of 9city Interactive. 9city, a Chinese entertainment company, licensed World of Warcraft's launch in China. Under development for several years, the game went into the public beta test earlier this year. Since that beta launch, the Chinese response to World of Warcraft has been overwhelming.

The complete article can be found here.