Playing World of Warcraft: Cataclysm in China
Blizzard Entertainment and NetEase.com, Inc. have announced that World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, the third expansion for Blizzard Entertainment’s massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), will launch in mainland China on July 12, 2011.
In preparation for the expansion’s release, players can now begin the process of background downloading data for version 4.1 of the game client, which will be required to play the expansion upon its release.
Downloading instructions are available at www.warcraftchina.com/news/2011/6/21/1.html.
“With Cataclysm, we built on everything we learned since launching World of Warcraft to revitalize the game world for existing players and make it even more accessible to new ones,” said Mike Morhaime, CEO and cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment. “We’ve always appreciated Chinese gamers’ passion and support for World of Warcraft, and we’re excited that they’ll soon be able to enjoy all of the great new content this expansion has to offer.”
[ Also Visit: Robojit and the Sand Planet – The Story of Future Universe ]“Ever since it first launched in China, World of Warcraft has been one of the most popular online games among players here,” said William Ding, CEO of NetEase.
In Cataclysm, the face of Azeroth will be forever altered by the return of the corrupted Dragon Aspect Deathwing. Players will explore once-familiar areas of the world that have been reshaped by the devastation and filled with new opportunities for adventure.
In an effort to survive the planet-shattering cataclysm, two new playable races — worgen and goblins — will join the struggle between the Alliance and the Horde.
As players journey to the new level cap of 85, they’ll discover newly revealed locations, acquire new levels of power, and come face to face with Deathwing in a battle to determine the fate of the world.
Blizzard Entertainment, a division of Activision Blizzard, is a leading developer and publisher of entertainment software.
NetEase.com, Inc. is a leading China-based Internet technology company, which offers applications, services and other technologies for the Internet in China.
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