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

Thanks to CTOnews.com netizen Colorful M for the clue delivery! CTOnews.com April 24 news, according to 36 krypton reports, recently Shanghai net easy Network Technology Development Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as: net easy) filed a lawsuit in Shanghai against Blizzard Entertainment Co., Ltd. in violation of a series of license agreements, demanding a refund of 300 million arrears. The payments include refunds related to World of Warcraft and other suspended games, prepayments for the inventory of unsold game goods, and advance deposits for several undeveloped games. Net easy is a subsidiary of NetEase, which was established in 2008.

According to the report, according to people familiar with the matter, the primary reason for Blizzard to sue Blizzard is that Blizzard refuses to undertake the refund obligations of national service players and refuses to pay the prepaid commission fees related to the refund of national service, involving an amount of nearly 100 million yuan. In addition, some of the terms signed between Blizzard and NetEase include requiring NetEase to pay huge deposits for several games in advance, while Blizzard has not yet returned the relevant deposits without the development of the relevant games.

According to CTOnews.com, the cooperation between NetEase and Blizzard began in 2009 and lasted for 13 years. During this period, Netezhiyi has represented a number of Blizzard games such as World of Warcraft. But with the recession of Blizzard in the global gaming market and Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard, there has been a rift in the cooperation between the two sides. Earlier, the New York Times reported that during the contract renewal negotiations between Activision Blizzard and NetEase, Blizzard asked NetEase to pay an one-time price of 500m US dollars to renew his contract. There are also media reports that Blizzard requires partners to develop Blizzard mobile games and distribute them around the world, but they can only enjoy a share in China and have to pay a huge deposit as a guarantee, otherwise they will be "punished".

On January 17, 2023, Blizzard national service was suspended, and the cooperation relationship between Blizzard and Blizzard was terminated. At present, Blizzard is still looking for new national service agents, but there are no clear results. On the other hand, NetEase turned to self-development of PC games and games from other manufacturers such as Microsoft.

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