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  Chinanews.com, January 24th, represented by NetEase, "World of Warcraft", "Hearthstone", "Overwatch", "Diablo III", "Warcraft III: Remastered Edition", "Heroes of the Storm" and "StarCraft" series Products, all operations in the Chinese mainland market were officially terminated at 00:00 on the 24th.

Blizzard shut down client downloads, Battle.net logins, and all game servers.

  With the end of the 14-year cooperation between NetEase and Blizzard, players in the national server cannot log in to their personal accounts for the time being, and it is unknown when they will resume.

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Hearthstone can't log in

  Blizzard Entertainment was once regarded as one of the most successful game companies in the world. It owns many well-known IPs, including the pinnacle of real-time strategy "StarCraft" series and "Warcraft" series. It has many fans of the "Diablo" series and innovative gameplay. The card game "Hearthstone", which has won TGA's best shooting game of the year "Overwatch", and the classic online game masterpiece "World of Warcraft", etc.

  Since the launch of the national server in 2005, "World of Warcraft" has helped Blizzard open up the Chinese online game market and has become a symbol of an era in the game field.

  The cooperation between Blizzard and NetEase began in 2008, and they have gone through more than ten years together.

However, in November last year, the two companies successively issued statements saying that the two parties did not reach an agreement on the renewal of the contract and would terminate the cooperation after the agreement expired.

The time node is 0:00 on January 24, 2023.

  A week ago, Blizzard announced that NetEase was unwilling to extend the game service for six months based on the existing cooperation terms while it was looking for a new partner, so that everyone could continue to play during this period.

"We will have to suspend the game service of the national server on January 23 in accordance with Netzhiyi's service suspension announcement."

  NetEase immediately responded to this, "Based on unknown reasons, last week Blizzard sought NetEase again, put forward the so-called six-month extension of the game service proposal and other conditions, and made it clear that during the contract extension period, it will not stop working with NetEase. Negotiations continue with other potential partners."

Netease Announcement

  Netease said that the negotiations between Blizzard and other companies during the same period were all based on a three-year contract period.

Considering the unequal, unfair and other conditions attached to the cooperation, the two parties failed to reach an agreement in the end.

Netease believes that Blizzard's proposal of "divorce without leaving the body" is "arbitrary, inappropriate and not in line with business logic."

  This wave of confrontation has also been interpreted as that there is no room for change in the cooperation between the two parties.

According to previous announcements, the service of many Blizzard games such as "World of Warcraft" and "Hearthstone" in mainland China was stopped early this morning.

  In fact, since the news about the "stop service" came out in November last year, a large number of players have expressed their views through social media during this period, whether they are angry, sad, or helpless.

In the end, Hui said goodbye.

world of warcraft players farewell

  After the relevant Blizzard game products were officially terminated, the NetEase Blizzard game customer service team released "Netease's Preliminary Explanation on the Refund Arrangement of Blizzard Game Products" in the early morning of the 24th, which mentioned that it plans to target players who have recharged but not consumed in the game. Refund requests are open for virtual currency or game services that have not expired.

  It is reported that the refund-related work is still under preparation in an orderly manner. The refund application channel is expected to open on February 1. At that time, players need to go to the "Blizzard Game Service Center" official account to submit a refund application.

Netease Announcement

  As for when the national server will be able to log in again, Blizzard has not yet given a specific timetable.

  Waiting for players, only waiting.

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