The9 Limited announced that they have amended their agreement with Vivendi and Blizzard. Now, the Chinese game operator will be the distributor of both World of Warcraft and its expansion, The Burning Crusade. Since signing the original distribution agreement for World of Warcraft back in February 2004, millions of Chinese players have subscribed to the world's biggest MMO.

World of Warcraft recently exceeded 8 million subscribers worldwide. The expansion, Burning Crusade, has done phenomenally well too. Blizzard reported over 2.4 million sales during the first day of retail.