A China government agency has taken action to prevent World of Warcrat operator NetEase from running the game in the country, reports Gamesindustry.biz. The country’s General Administration of Press and Publications returned the operator’s application and asked it to stop registering new accounts and processing transactions for Blizzard’s massively popular MMO game. The agency said it had only allowed NetEase to run beta testing and that its commercial expansion in registering new players was illegal. Asian tech industry web site Mobinode suggest that the Chinese government isn’t fully endorsing the agency’s action and has called it inappropriate. GI.biz cites an atmosphere of hostility towards foreign investment in China’s lucrative gaming market.
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