Minecraft may be an inescapable household game around the world, but the billion-dollar gaming phenomenon has actually missed out on the world’s most populated country until now.
Minecraft developer Mojang announced today that its blocky blockbuster will finally be coming to China, courtesy of a licensing agreement with Chinese internet affiliate NetEase, Inc.
It’s certainly odd it’s taken so long for one of the most financially-successful and well-known video games in history to make it to China, but what isn’t as surprising is the fact that the game will be altered for its release in the country.
For reasons we can only theorize, the Chinese version of Minecraft will not be the same game with over 70 million copies solid across 14 platforms.
“The plan is to develop a version of Minecraft tailored for the Chinese market,” writes Owen Hill, creative communications director at Mojang. “It probably won’t affect most of you, seeing as you’re probably not based in China,” he added.
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NetEase has experience bringing some of the PC’s biggest online games to Chinese audiences, having struck a deal with bigwig Blizzard Entertainment to bring World of Warcraft, Hearthstone, and StarCraft II into the country …read more
Source:: techradar.com – Gaming
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