Posts with tag crates

WoW China hit with more censorship upon relaunch

by Alex Ziebart Jul 30th 2009 at 8:00PM

World of Warcraft is finally getting back up on its feet in China, but it seems that it didn't do so without making some concessions to China's censorship. We know that when The9 was still in charge, they had to make multiple graphical edits to the game to avoid showing off exposed bones, such as altering the Forsaken models and turning player corpses into gravestones, rather than a skeleton heap.

Now that NetEase is in charge, they've had to make some changes to the game as well, though perhaps not as substantial. Potentially funnier, though. According to this Chinese website, severed heads and skulls have been covered up. Literally. Item icons that would show heads or skulls in other regions of the world are now bags, chests and crates in China. This includes things like Van Cleef's Head, and even spell icons like the ones used by Ruin and Improved Corruption have been replaced by bags.

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Blizzard, News items

BlizzCon: Convention Center setup

by Mike Schramm Aug 1st 2007 at 2:55PM

I just sauntered over to the Convention Center here in Anaheim to see what I could see, and the results are in the first exclusive gallery of pictures from BlizzCon, available right there below!

There's nothing really groundbreaking here, unfortunately-- it looks like they're still setting up the banners (so I'll go over and check again later today), and I couldn't get close enough to get a really good look inside the Exhibit Hall. But they're definitely close to being done-- while there's lots of carts and equipment around, not much is coming in or going out. I did see a pallet of boxes, but I couldn't get close enough to read what it said on them. Here's an original size version of that one if you guys want to try to decipher what might be in there.

Unfortunately, no "Wrath of the Lich King" banners yet, but I'll keep my eyes open and bring you more when I find it.

Update: Added some more banners, because when I stopped by this afternoon, they were done putting them up.

Gallery: Anaheim Convention Center BlizzCon Setup

Filed under: Blizzard, News items, Galleries, BlizzCon

Breaking news Feed

WoW Insider Show

Subscribe via iTunes for our latest show.

Hot Topics

Upcoming Events

Event	Date
Call to Arms: Deepwind Gorge	6/14 - 6/17
Call to Arms: Arathi Basin	6/18 - 6/24
Midsummer Fire Festival	6/21 - 7/5
Call to Arms: Strand of the Ancients	6/25 - 6/27
Call to Arms: Eye of the Storm	6/28 - 7/1
Call to Arms: Isle of Conquest	7/2 - 7/4
Call to Arms: Alterac Valley	7/5 - 7/8
Darkmoon Faire	7/7 - 7/13
Call to Arms: The Battle for Gilneas	7/9 - 7/11
Call to Arms: Warsong Gulch	7/12 - 7/15
Call to Arms: Twin Peaks	7/16 - 7/18
Call to Arms: Silvershard Mines	7/23 - 7/25
Call to Arms: Temple of Kotmogu	7/30 - 8/1
BlizzCon	11/8 - 11/9