Upcoming releases for World of Warcraft: Dragonflight, Hearthstone: March of the Lich King, and season 2 of Overwatch 2 will proceed later this year. We will suspend new sales in the coming days and Chinese players will be receiving details of how this will work soon. The two parties have not reached a deal to renew the agreements that is consistent with Blizzard’s operating principles and commitments to players and employees, and the agreements are set to expire in January 2023. Diablo Immortal ® co-development and publishing is covered under a separate agreement between the two companies.īlizzard Entertainment has had licensing agreements with NetEase since 2008, covering the publication of these Blizzard titles in China.
This includes World of Warcraft ®, Hearthstone ®, Warcraft ® III: Reforged, Overwatch ®, the StarCraft ® series, Diablo III ®, and Heroes of the Storm ®. announced today that it will be suspending most Blizzard game services in mainland China due to the expiration of the current licensing agreements with NetEase, Inc. Certain games will no longer be available at end of license with NetEase on January 23, 2023