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

CTOnews.com, May 25, due to the expiration of the licensing agreement with NetEase, the series of products of "World of Warcraft", "hearth Stone", "Watcher Vanguard", "Diablo III", "Warcraft III: remake", "Storm Hero" and "StarCraft" operated by Shanghai NetZhiyi Network Technology Development Co., Ltd. in Chinese mainland area have ceased operation on January 24, 2023.

Subsequently, NetEase officially announced: as a solution for NetEase games to continue to provide game services for NetEase MMO veterans after the absence of World of Warcraft, NetEase Warcraft veteran clothes will be launched for Warcraft players, which will be officially launched on January 13. Compared with formal clothing, the biggest feature of veteran clothing is that it will adopt a "season system" model similar to the Warcraft equipment mechanism; at the same time, it also draws lessons from the "World of Warcraft" hourly card model, which is 0.6 yuan per hour. 90 hours per month is 54 yuan capped.

CTOnews.com found that Hangzhou NetEase Lei Huo Technology Co., Ltd. recently added two court announcements, both plaintiffs are Blizzard Entertainment Co., Ltd., the causes of the case are copyright infringement disputes, trademark infringement disputes, the two cases will be held in Hangzhou Intermediate people's Court of Zhejiang Province on June 1, interested users can make an appointment to observe.

It is worth mentioning that in April this year, Blizzard sued Blizzard for refusing to pay nearly 100 million yuan in related refund fees due to Blizzard's refusal to undertake the refund obligations of national service players, asking for a total of 300 million arrears. Blizzard then responded that it had not received the complaint and had not violated any agreement.

In response, Blizzard responded, "Blizzard has not received the relevant complaint, but we believe that we have not violated any authorization agreement." The terms of the contract, which NetEase is suspected of dissatisfied with, involve standard industry practices and have been mutually beneficial to both sides over the years. Although these continuous behaviors make us feel disappointed and confused, it should be pointed out that the course of operation in China for nearly 20 years has been very positive and pleasant, and we will continue to serve local players and protect their rights and interests. "

Blizzard-related sources also told thepaper.cn that they did not think that the refund received by players was paid unilaterally by NetEase.

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