The9 prepping WoW-clone World of Fight
by Lesley Smith 
May 3rd 2009 at 4:00PM
The teaser site went up earlier in the week and reeks of WoW in a way that only Chinese knock-offs can. At the moment we know next to nothing about the game but we can certainly guess. The domain name (www.wofchina.com) is suspiciously similar to the one for World of Warcraft (www.wowchina.com) but with one letter changed. Just look at that font, remind you of anything?
It's not a stretch to bet that The9 are hoping to attract people who associated them with WoW, but I'm pretty sure Blizzard won't be too happy to see their former publisher in Asia trying to promote a game so similar. We'll certainly keep you updated as I'm quite keen to see what World of Fight looks like.
Filed under: Odds and ends, News items
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 4)
FifthDream May 3rd 2009 4:08PM
Hah, that takes.... guts.
RetadinMan May 3rd 2009 4:11PM
Or Reckless Abandon......
Tirrimas May 3rd 2009 5:40PM
Curse of Recklessness...
Olicon May 3rd 2009 6:31PM
Reckless abandon, yes. What the hell do they have to lose, really? They had the game yanked out from under them for no good reason, and it's either this, or shut down the company.
email May 4th 2009 2:38PM
@Olicon
"no good reason"???
The9 is in charge of making sure the game gets released to Chinese standards. They couldn't handle it. Plus, EA bought into them. Most companies aren't fond of supporting their competition. Blizz had good reason.
Xavs May 3rd 2009 4:13PM
I sense a lawsuit.
Malkavos May 3rd 2009 4:15PM
It's probably Warhammer Online. I doubt it's a brand new game or anything like that. The MMO-Champion article at least links to a screenshot of the Chaos starting zone that the image in the ad is taken from:
http://media.photobucket.com/image/chaos%20starting%20zone%20warhammer/Svartmetall/Misc/Burzum_001.jpg
link taken from the mmo-champion post
ghogiel May 3rd 2009 4:51PM
Given that EA owns 15% of The9, WAR is very possible.
Lesley Smith May 3rd 2009 4:56PM
Good job! It could well be ... however it's still an odd thing to call a game ....
hinu May 3rd 2009 11:36PM
http://www.gamebase.com.tw/news/gb_news.html?sno=85843775
WOF = "戰鎚Online" = WAR
Eversor May 3rd 2009 4:21PM
WoW with Tzeentch in it? Sign me up for chinese lessons!
Hoggersbud May 3rd 2009 4:23PM
Let Mortal Fighting BEGIN!
nonentity May 3rd 2009 4:27PM
Ya, I love how they
a) make such a blatant attempt to copy WoW
b) use a Warhammer Online sceenshot for their teaser website.
rofl
lol
epic fail
etc.
wordsofivory May 3rd 2009 5:40PM
That's an ironic point to make, seeing as Warcraft is famously known for being a huge ripoff of Warhammer...
nonentity May 3rd 2009 5:56PM
Yes, there's enough irony for all us . ^^
Malkavos May 3rd 2009 4:31PM
unacceptable.
Azhural May 3rd 2009 4:33PM
Yay, Gran Torino reference :)
camus May 3rd 2009 4:40PM
This is exactly why I despise the chinese. Why do they just have to steal everything?
Pope Jamal May 3rd 2009 5:09PM
Because they've learned well from the United States?
Delvin May 4th 2009 12:37AM
Their government promotes it. Their knock-offs industry is a HUGE source of income. That mentality trickles down throughout their society. I lived there for 2 years. It's a very common thing.