Activision has taken the move to register a number of new Chinese-related domains, presumably for the upcoming Treyarch shooter, Black Ops 2. Set in the year 2025, the story of Black Ops 2 involves a war between the United States and China.
The domains they've registered include CallofDutyChina.com, ModernWarfareChina.com, and BlackOpsChina.com, as well as phrases in Pinyin (Chinese words spelled in English).
anheixingdong.com
anheixingdong.net
blackopschina.com
blackopschina.net
blackopsonline.net
bochina.net
callofdutychina.com
callofdutychina.net
heisexingdong.com
heisexingdong.net
jueshengshike.com
jueshengshike.net
modernwarfarechina.com
modernwarfarechina.net
modernwarfareonline.net
xiandaizhanzheng.com
xiandaizhanzheng.net
Chances are, Activision is simply trying to protect its IP by buying up these domain names so squatters don't pick them up before they do. Activision had to deal with a domain squatter in the past who redirected ModernWarfare3.com to a page that praised the game's biggest competitor, Battlefield 3, while making light of the Call of Duty series.
