WoW, Overwatch, Diablo, Hearthstone, and more to sunset in China following failed Blizzard-Netease licensing deal

17 Nov 2022Source: MassivelyOp
Last week, as part of its Q3 2022 investor report, Activision-Blizzard included what we described as an ominous note about its apparent difficulties negotiating a new licensing deal with Chinese counterpart NetEase, specifically in regard to partnerships set to expire in January of next year. We’d speculated that the worst-case scenario would be the loss […]


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