Service to the last minute: world of Warcraft shuts down more than 40,000 open accounts a week
CTOnews.com, November 20, CTOnews.com, Blizzard Entertainment recently announced that most of Blizzard game services on Chinese mainland will be suspended as the existing license agreement with NetEase expires on January 23, 2023, including World of Warcraft, hearthstone Legend, Watchman, StarCraft, Warcraft III: remake, Diablo III and Storm Hero.
CTOnews.com learned that NetEase had previously responded that the company had been doing its best to negotiate with Blizzard in the hope of extending the contract. After long negotiations, NetEase is still unable to agree on some key terms of cooperation with Activision Blizzard. "We are very sorry that Activision Blizzard announced the cessation of cooperation today, and we will have to accept this decision. NetEase will continue to perform his duties and serve our players until the last minute."
Yesterday, the NetEase Blizzard game customer service team officially issued a ban on illegal accounts. this week, the team has 41674 accounts with plug-in / cheating in World of Warcraft and Wrath of the Lich King. World of Warcraft permanently freezes 1005 and temporarily freezes 1676; Wrath of the Lich King of World of Warcraft permanently freezes 1676; temporarily freezes 38594.
Many netizens left a message under the Weibo saying, "Real service until the last minute", "you are going to shut down and still be so dedicated" and "stand up to the last wave of posts".
It is worth mentioning that the incident of the termination of cooperation between Blizzard and NetEase continues to ferment in recent days. Blizzard's official Weibo has been closed for comment, and the retweets are not displayed. Thousands of players have left messages and nearly 10,000 comments have been made in just two hours after Blizzard China's Weibo was opened and released yesterday.
