Wo Long 2 Footage Debuts as WoW Infinite Beta Crashes at Launch
Team NINJA has unveiled a new gameplay clip for 《卧龙2：凤火连天》(Wo Long 2), while Blizzard’s World of Warcraft: Infinite beta ran into serious trouble on its first day. Those are two of the biggest stories from the Chinese games press on September 19. Elsewhere, Sony’s PS5 Pro is selling well above its official price in China, anti-tamper firm Denuvo has filed its first lawsuit against a prolific cracker, and Blizzard has shared new details about Diablo 5. Below is a rundown of the day’s main headlines and what each one means for players.
Koei Tecmo released a new map-exploration clip for 《卧龙2：凤火连天》(Wo Long 2), roughly ten seconds long and focused on movement and exploration. The footage shows the player character running along walls and tightropes, chaining consecutive jumps and wall kick-offs to reach high ground, with a level of mobility compared to Team NINJA’s Ninja Gaiden series and its parkour-style traversal. Developed by Team NINJA, the sequel continues the setting and combat system of Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty and opens a new narrative in the Three Kingdoms era. It retains melee combat and the deflection mechanic while adding new exploration content.
World of Warcraft: Infinite’s beta went live on September 18 and collapsed as too many players logged in at once. Blizzard senior designer Josh Greenfield called it the wildest beta data he has seen in 17 years at the company and nearly eight years working on classic servers, adding that the project is “really special.” Senior producer Tom Ellis explained that the test environment used only a single regional server, which became a bottleneck as players queued and then disconnected. The team pinpointed the issue in roughly half an hour, citing insufficient database performance, excessive world-pool usage, and empty maps that were not closed, and fixed it by restarting servers and expanding regional capacity. Ellis said the turnaround was far faster than Diablo 3’s weeks-long launch troubles.
Sony’s China PS5 Pro carries an official recommended price of ¥6,299 (~$880) but is nearly out of stock through official channels, with some third-party sellers asking ¥8,600 (~$1,200) or more. Reports say Sony expects supply constraints to last until early 2027, and that GTA6 launching only on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S could add further pressure. In legal news, Irdeto, Denuvo’s parent company, has sued cracker voices38 under DMCA Section 1201, saying he has defeated nearly 40 protected games in a year and naming ten associates. Blizzard, meanwhile, says Diablo 5 is targeting “the best campaign ever,” arriving in spring 2029 with a new Plague Knight class. Whether official console pricing will matter much while stock stays this tight is an open question.
