


We will continue our promise to serve our players well until the last minute,” Ding said. NetEase chief executive William Ding said in a statement that, “there were material differences on key terms and we could not reach an agreement. “Their enthusiasm and creativity inspire us, and we are looking for alternatives to bring our games back to players in the future. “We’re immensely grateful for the passion our Chinese community has shown throughout the nearly 20 years we’ve been bringing our games to China through NetEase and other partners,” Ybarra said. In a statement made Wednesday evening, Blizzard Entertainment president Mike Ybarra said services for games such as World of Warcraft, Hearthstone, StarCraft, and Diablo 3 would end Jan. Feel terrible for players who lived in those worlds.” “One day, when what has happened behind the scene could be told,” Simon Zhu wrote, “developers and gamers will have a whole new level understanding of how much damage a jerk can make. NetEase Games’ president for global investment and partnership hit LinkedIn shortly after to say he was “heartbroken as I will not longer have the access to my account and memories next year. A statement from NetEase on Wednesday confirmed its end. A NetEase Games executive blamed “a jerk” in a personal post on LinkedIn on Wednesday.Īctivision and NetEase’s dissolved partnership had already been mentioned in financial results that Activision reported last week.

Activision Blizzard and NetEase have severed a 14-year partnership, meaning that games such as World of Warcraft and Overwatch 2 will soon no longer be playable in China.
