Blizzard founder responded to NetEase's contract renewal incident: cooperation is two-way and will try his best to let Chinese players play Blizzard games.
CTOnews.com, Nov. 21, Blizzard Entertainment founder Mike Morhaime replied that "Blizzard NetEase cannot renew his contract" and promised that "Blizzard will do its best to ensure that Chinese players can play our games."
"there has been a lot of debate on this topic recently, and a lot of people want to be winners in the conversation, but the partnership is two-way, and I know that very well," he said. We should do our best to ensure that Chinese players can play our games, and we don't care about accusations or other negative actions. "
In addition, he said Blizzard has been paying attention to the minds of players and will always do so.
Blizzard has always cared about players-all our energies are focused on players. It will be sad if players can't play their favorite games. I believe we are trying to find a solution to this problem, and we are very grateful to players all over the world-including China.
CTOnews.com learned that Blizzard Entertainment issued a statement on November 17 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, Watch Pioneer, StarCraft, Warcraft III: remake, Diablo III, and Storm Hero.
In addition, the joint development and release of Diablo: immortality involves a separate agreement between the two companies.
Blizzard Entertainment statement pointed out that the two sides have not yet reached a renewal agreement in line with Blizzard's operating principles and commitment to players and employees.
NetEase said that after long negotiations, he was still unable to agree on some key terms of cooperation with Activision Blizzard.
Analysts pointed out that at present, a number of game companies have become potential interested parties in negotiations with Blizzard, including Tencent, byte jump, Perfect World, bilibili and so on.
Blizzard China: looking for opportunities to bring the game back to you.
