China sparks fury over game changes

BONES and skeletons have disappeared from the Chinese version of the popular on-line fantasy game, World of Warcraft, sparking fierce criticism from the nation’s army of players, Xinhua news agency said yesterday.

Chinese mainland gamers have waited half a year longer than their US counterparts for the upgraded version of WoW, only to find the appearances of familiar skeletons have been fleshed out.

The skeletons, regular characters, grow flesh in the new version and the bones symbolising dead characters have been changed to graves.