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

CTOnews.com, January 24, 2023, from 0: 00 on January 24, 2023, all national service Blizzard games officially stopped operation, including "World of Warcraft", "Warcraft III: remake", "StarCraft" series, "hearthstone Legend", "Storm Hero", "Watchman Vanguard" and "Diablo III" have been unable to log in to play.

CTOnews.com test, Blizzard Battle.net national server has been unable to log in, Blizzard game national service has been unable to play. Net easy officially stops the operation of Blizzard game products, shuts down Battle.net login and all game servers, and shuts down client downloads.

The official website of Blizzard game national service has also become an outage notice:

To dear Blizzard gamers:

The "World of Warcraft", "hearthstone Legend", "Watchman", "Diablo III", "Warcraft III: remake", "Storm Hero" and "StarCraft" series of products operated by Shanghai NetZhiyi Network Technology Co., Ltd. in Chinese mainland area were terminated at 00: 00 on January 24, 2023, and the official websites, gaming services, and Battle. net services of the above products in Chinese mainland area have been suspended.

For players in the game has been recharged but not consumed virtual currency or unexpired game services, the relevant refund arrangements for players to consult: net easy on the Blizzard game product refund arrangement of the preliminary instructions. With the development of the refund work, we will release more relevant instructions one after another. You can follow the official account of "Blizzard Game Service Center" in order to get the refund related information in time.

If you have any doubt, please contact NetEase Blizzard game customer service.

We apologize for the inconvenience caused by this termination of operation. We appreciate your understanding and forgiveness, and sincerely look forward to your continued support and attention!

Shanghai net Zhiyi Network Technology Development Co., Ltd.

January 24, 2023

We plan to open refund applications for virtual currencies or unexpired game services that players have recharged but not consumed in the game (hereinafter referred to as "refundable goods"). At present, the refund related work is still under orderly preparation, and the refund application channel is expected to open on February 1, when players are required to go to the official account of Blizzard Game Service Center to submit a refund application. We will announce the details of the process when the refund application channel is launched. As a special reminder, the final refund amount will be based on the actual amount of refundable goods left in the player's account after the outage, and will not exceed the historical cumulative payment amount of the refundable goods in the account.

The following is the specific scope and refund criteria of refundable commodities:

Blizzard and net easily announced a partnership on August 13, 2008 to operate World of Warcraft and Battle.net on Chinese mainland, which brought countless joys and memories to domestic gamers over the next 14 years.

On November 17, 2022, Blizzard issued a unilateral statement that most of Blizzard game services on Chinese mainland would be suspended because the existing licensing agreement with NetEase expires on January 23, 2023.

Then NetEase responded that NetEase has been doing his best to negotiate with Activision Blizzard, hoping to promote the renewal of the contract. After long negotiations, it is still unable to agree on some key terms of cooperation with Activision Blizzard.

Today, NetEase released a farewell letter to Blizzard players, saying that he thanked the players for their company for 14 years. NetEase said in the letter: "We always firmly believe that those who meet will always meet again." sincerely look forward to the day when all Blizzard players return to national service. "

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