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On December 25, according to the Financial Associated Press, in the past period of time, Blizzard negotiated the "return of the national server" with a number of domestic game manufacturers, and finally chose to re-cooperate with NetEase. After the cooperation is confirmed, NetEase and Blizzard need to rebuild the national server operation team and test the servers and related systems, so the games that players are looking forward to may have to wait half a year or more for the game to be relaunched.
A reporter from Beijing Business Daily noticed that in the nearly a year since the service was closed, Tencent, NetEase and other leading manufacturers have reported news of cooperation with Blizzard's national service, but there is no follow-up.
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Blizzard and NetEase announced a partnership on August 13, 2008 to operate World of Warcraft, Battle.net, and more in Chinese mainland, bringing countless joys and memories to domestic gamers over the next 14 years.
On November 17, 2022, Blizzard issued a unilateral statement saying that it would suspend most of Blizzard's game services in Chinese mainland due to the expiration of the existing licensing agreement with NetEase on January 23, 2023.
Subsequently, NetEase responded that NetEase has been doing its best to negotiate with Activision Blizzard, hoping to promote the renewal of the contract. After lengthy negotiations, it was still unable to agree on some key terms of the partnership with Activision Blizzard.
From 0:00 on January 24, 2023, all Blizzard games in China will officially cease to operate, including "World of Warcraft", "Warcraft III: Remastered", "StarCraft" series, "Hearthstone", "Heroes of the Storm", "Overwatch" and "Diablo III".
On October 13, 2023, Microsoft officially announced the completion of the $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard, which is widely regarded by gamers as the hope of Blizzard's national server restart.
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