Shulou(Shulou.com)11/24 Report--

CTOnews.com November 18 news, Blizzard announced yesterday that the game agreement with NetEase will expire, and the news that most game services will be suspended on Chinese mainland triggered hot discussion.

Blizzard Entertainment said in a statement yesterday that most of Blizzard game services on Chinese mainland will be suspended due to the expiration of its existing license agreement with NetEase on January 23, 2023, including World of Warcraft, hearthstone Legend, Watch Pioneer, StarCraft, Warcraft III: reset, Diablo III and Storm Hero. The joint development and release of Diablo: immortality involves separate agreements between the two companies.

NetEase responded that NetEase has been doing his best to negotiate with Activision Blizzard, hoping to push forward the renewal of the contract. After a long period of negotiations, we are still unable to agree on some key terms of cooperation with Activision Blizzard. We very much regret that Activision Blizzard announced the cessation of cooperation today, and we will have to accept this decision. NetEase will continue to perform his duties and serve our players until the last minute.

According to the Observer Network learned from people familiar with the matter, the main reason for the termination of cooperation between the two sides is that the price has not been agreed, and Blizzard policy has proposed sky-high price conditions for the renewal of the contract. The thepaper.cn also reported that the main reason for the termination of bilateral cooperation was that the price could not be negotiated, and Blizzard's policy put forward high price conditions for contract renewal, which NetEase could not accept.

CTOnews.com learned that thepaper.cn also reported that at present, a number of game companies have become potential interested parties in negotiations with Blizzard, including Tencent, Perfect World, bilibili and so on. In this regard, on November 17, Tencent responded that there was no internal news for the time being, and that "Blizzard's copyright issues should be subject to Blizzard's official reply."

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