NetEase has no response to re-cooperating with Blizzard, and it will be difficult for the disbanded team to reorganize in a short time

Blizzard is negotiating with many domestic game manufacturers about the "return of the national server" and finally decided to re-cooperate with NetEase. According to 36Kr’s today’s report

, NetEase chose not to respond to this rumor. However, a source close to the company revealed to Shanghai Securities News that NetEase’s previous team responsible for operating the World of Warcraft Chinese server has been disbanded, and it is unlikely to reorganize the team in a short time.

36 Krypton reports also pointed out that, After the cooperation is confirmed, NetEase and Blizzard need to re-establish the national server operation team and test the server and related systems. Therefore, players may have to wait for half a year or more for the game they are looking forward to to be re-launched. This site is attached with a summary of previous information:

The operation of "World of Warcraft" and Battle.net in mainland China is the result of the cooperation announced by Blizzard and NetEase on August 13, 2008. In the next 14 years, this cooperation brought countless happiness and memories to Chinese game players

On November 17, 2022, Blizzard issued a unilateral statement announcing that due to the The existing licensing agreement is about to expire on January 23, 2023, and Blizzard will temporarily stop providing most game services in mainland China

Subsequently, NetEase responded that they have been working hard to negotiate with Activision Blizzard. Negotiations, hoping to advance the contract renewal process. After long negotiations, they still cannot reach an agreement with Activision Blizzard on some key terms of cooperation.

Starting from 0:00 on January 24, 2023, all national Blizzard games will cease operations. This includes games such as "World of Warcraft", "Warcraft III: Reforged", "StarCraft" series, "Hearthstone", "Heroes of the Storm", "Overwatch" and "Diablo III" will not be able to log in and Play

On October 13, 2023, Microsoft officially announced the acquisition of Activision Blizzard for US$68.7 billion. This news was widely regarded by players. Hope for the restart of Blizzard’s national server

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