The Chinese crackdown on foreign online games continues. It is the last reason "undermine morality and Chinese traditional culture" which is more relevant as they can target games on very spurious grounds with that criteria.
For the record, I don't see them "banning" WoW outright but they are certainly not shy in throwing their weight about. Clearly they are not simply "all talk".
China’s Ministry of Culture has banned online games featuring mafia-like gangs, warning that violators will be "severely punished." Websites are now prohibited from running, publishing or offering links to such online games, because they "advocate obscenity, gambling, or violence," and "undermine morality and Chinese traditional culture, reports the Xinhua News Agency. Blocked online games include the likes of Godfather, Jianghu and Guhuozai.
@noobie,IBM produces custom SOI for Nin, SONY and Microsoft at this fab. I'm not interpreting this news as ramped up production...just that production isn't leaving East Fishkill.
IBM East Fishkill workers were called to an all-hands-on staff meeting Thursday evening where they were told more work is coming their way.
Employees were told work will come to the Systems and Technology Group from Nintendo, Freescale and Sony.
IBM employs more than 9,000 at East Fishkill, Poughkeepsie and Sterling Forest. Managers told employees they did not anticipate hiring additional workers.
"My point is, of the systems that are out there now, the majority of them aren't plugged into HDTVs. So there's no way we're ready for the PlayStation 4 or the Xbox Whatever," Rein said. The PlayStation 3 still combats the issue of cost, he added, with Sony likely looking to amortize launch and development across that often touted ten-year lifespan.
The departure of Visceral Games General manager Glen Schofield and COO Michael Condrey to Activision that was rumored yesterday has been confirmed by EA. Schofield is best known for Dead Space and Dante's Inferno.
The regularly compiled chart, which surveys U.S. gamers on titles they are interested in pre-ordering or buying, as well as their knowledge of the game, saw New Super Mario Bros Wii and God Of War III continuing their stints in second and third place respectively.
The rest of the "purchase intent" top five for forthcoming games saw some notable rankings movement, with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and Left 4 Dead 2 replacing Final Fantasy XIII and Assassin’s Creed 2 at numbers four and five.
I combined the GI articles with JVM post since they are both talking about Pachter's June NPD prediction, and I forgot to include the link to JVM's post.
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The Chinese crackdown on foreign online games continues. It is the last reason "undermine morality and Chinese traditional culture" which is more relevant as they can target games on very spurious grounds with that criteria.
For the record, I don't see them "banning" WoW outright but they are certainly not shy in throwing their weight about. Clearly they are not simply "all talk".