Early this morning, the news of
Blizzard and NetEase breaking up was exposed,
Then #Blizzard#
#Blizzard will suspend most game services in mainland China #
#Blizzard and NetEase authorization agreement expires in January next year#
has successively appeared on the Weibo hot search list, and the attention of
can be seen.
Blizzard Entertainment issued a statement on November 16 saying that since the existing license agreement with NetEase, will expire on January 23, 2023, most Blizzard game services in mainland China will be suspended, including " World of Warcraft ", "Heartstone", " Overwatch ", "Starcraft", "Warcraft III: Reset", "Diablo III" and "Heroes of the Storm" . The joint development and release of Diablo Immortal involves separate agreements between the two companies.
statement pointed out that the two parties have not reached a renewal agreement that complies with Blizzard's operating principles and commitments to players and employees. These agreements of will expire in January 2023.
Affected by this news, the share price of NetEase plummeted today, and once fell by more than 14%.
NetEase and Blizzard Entertainment have been collaborating for 14 years. In August 2008, Blizzard and NetEase reached an agency agreement, agreeing to exclusively authorize the latter's three products, "Starcraft 2", "Warcraft 3: Frozen Throne", "Warcraft 3: Chaos Rule" and expansion package, as well as the right to use the Blizzard game platform Battle Network, with the authorization period of 3 years. Since then, the two parties have renewed their contracts many times and have worked together to create popular products such as the mobile game "Diablo: Immortal".
NetEase said it has been doing its best to negotiate with Activision Blizzard, hoping to promote contract renewal. After a long period of negotiations, we still cannot agree with Activision Blizzard on some key terms of cooperation. We are very sorry that Activision Blizzard announced the suspension of cooperation today and we will have to accept this decision. NetEase will continue to perform its duties and serve our players until the last moment.
htmlOn 17, the reporter learned from an insider that the main reason for the termination of the cooperation between was that the price was not negotiated. Blizzard's side proposed high-price conditions for renewal, and NetEase could not accept . At present, many game companies have become potential parties in negotiations with Blizzard, including Tencent , Perfect World , B station, etc. However, no company has publicly responded to the matter.Many players have more or less come into contact with Blizzard games, and
has caused heated discussions among netizens as soon as the news comes out.
Some players joked in the comment area that
changed agents is also part of the "nostalgic server", and
replicated the Nine City Change NetEase of that year.
and players are worried that ’s own money will be scattered by ,
, especially the money I just made recently!
Of course, there are many people who don’t know the truth.
thinks there is a blizzard?...
For the processing of players’ game assets,
NetEase responds to China News Service ,
Company will issue a statement to notify players in the future,
is subject to player announcements.
The specific situation of
is not convenient to disclose at present.
Source丨Morning News, China Fund News, Interface, Cailianshe, China News Service, etc.
Edit丨Jiang Zhuyun
