On December 13th, China (and the rest of Asia, apparently, excluding Japan) will be treated to the dual release of a big-budget movie (starring Jet Li, Andy Lau, and Takeshi Kaneshiro) and an MMO version of the film, both entitled The Warlords [投名狀] . My ears perked up at all of this for two reasons: (1) the setting is the Taiping Rebellion, during the waning years of the Qing dynasty (and one of my favourite subjects) and (2) announcements about impending MMO releases equal one thing in China: fantastically bad press releases. And indeed, NetDragon and the Central Motion Picture Corporation don’t disappoint (‘night-errant’ culture?). The Warlords is apparently only the beginning – the NetDragon CEO makes references to even more games based on movies (and TV shows and books and …). Full release after the jump, and lots more info at the game’s website (in Chinese).