Yesterday, when Sina Technology broke the news that the national server would be officially announced on April 10, many players were still worried about whether it would be "wolf" again this time. Fortunately, players didn't wait too long, and with the arrival of April 10, NetEase and Blizzard made an official announcement directly.
On April 10 at 9 a.m., Blizzard announced on Weibo, Content: Blizzard Entertainment and NetEase Inc. are pleased to announce today that they have reached an updated game publishing agreement to bring Blizzard games back to our national players, building on their partnership of more than 15 years.
The two sides announced the re-collaboration together, which also means that the more than year-long wait for players is over, and from this moment on, players will no longer have to summon spirits.
Now that the two sides have made an official announcement, the most important thing for players is when the national service will really be opened, so the situation of the national server has also evolved from the state of conjuring spirits to the situation in 2009 - the uncle party broke the news about the opening time of the national server.
Blue Whale added a very important message at the end of the revelation about the official announcement of the national service, that is, the main content of the official announcement is that the two sides have resumed the previous cooperation, which can be regarded as the agency contract has been signed, but the specific opening time of the national service will not be until this summer at the earliest.
According to the previous practice of Blizzard opening a new version, the so-called summer is basically 7-8 months, and there are still many things to do when the national server returns, such as debugging the server, personnel training, etc., and it also needs to connect to the new version, so there is no problem with the summer opening.
However, the news that Fat Brother got was that NetEase hoped to reopen the server in June, after all, it was confirmed by many parties that NetEase had been preparing at the end of last year, and was also actively preparing for the reopening of the national server after the Spring Festival, so players should not have to wait too long.
Another problem that affects the reopening time of the national server is the version number. The Copyright Agency has just released the version number of the imported game in April 2024, and there are no Blizzard games in it.
The news given by the financial media is that the return of the national service is taken over by Thunder Fire Studio, although it belongs to NetEase as well as NetEase, but the main operating body has changed.
The president of a publishing house explained the issue of edition numbers in an interview: according to the requirements of imported game editions, the national server game version number is bound to the publisher and the operator, and if there is a change in either party, you need to re-apply for the edition number.
It can be seen from the version number information previously released by the Copyright Administration that the publisher of the Blizzard game national server is "Jinbao Electronics", and the operator is "Shanghai NetEase", and now the operator has been changed to "NetEase Thunderfire", if it is more serious, it is indeed a change in the operating unit.
If NetEase can solve this problem, then the server opening speed will be faster, such as directly merging Shanghai NetEase into Thunderfire Studio. If you can't get around this problem, then you can only apply for a new version number, judging from the progress of imported game versions in 2024, the next batch of version numbers should also be in June (the first batch is in February, and the second batch is in April).
In short, no matter how long it takes to really open the server, at least players get the news that the national server will definitely return, which is much better than watching the news of the uncle party of "Wolf is coming" every day with a hanging heart, and it has been waiting for more than a year, and it is not bad to wait for 2 months, not to mention that these 2 months are still waiting purposefully.
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