WoW, Overwatch, Diablo, Hearthstone, and more to sunset in China following failed Blizzard-Netease licensing deal
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 […]19 Oct 2023Diablo Immortal’s Hallow’s Wake event brings cosmetics and costumes from now until November 2MassivelyOp ︎19 Oct 2023World of Warcraft brings Hallow’s End to Azeroth once againMassivelyOp ︎19 Oct 2023Take Flight in the Emerald Dream with Dragonriding UpdatesOfficial ︎19 Oct 2023Tarisland teases a PvE map inspired by a copper mine in ChileMassivelyOp ︎19 Oct 2023World of Warcraft previews the mechanics and rewards of upcoming Emerald Dream eventsMassivelyOp ︎18 Oct 2023Guardians of the Dream: Grow Seeds to Saplings in New Public EventsOfficial ︎18 Oct 2023Hotfixes: October 17, 2023Official ︎16 Oct 2023Amirdrassil, the Dream’s Hope Raid Overview and ScheduleOfficial ︎16 Oct 2023Fight or Kite: Should PvPers return for New World’s Rise of the Angry Earth expansion?MassivelyOp ︎14 Oct 2023LOTRO Legendarium: What could a LOTRO challenge server look like?MassivelyOp ︎14 Oct 2023Hotfixes: October 13, 2023Official ︎13 Oct 2023Blues News: 13 October, 2023Official ︎13 Oct 2023World of Warcraft’s charity pets for Ukraine raise more than $1.5 millionMassivelyOp ︎13 Oct 2023Wrath of the Lich King Classic: The Way into the Icecrown Citadel is Open!Official ︎11 Oct 2023Wrath of the Lich King Classic: Fall of the Lich King is Now Live!Official ︎10 Oct 2023Lawful Neutral: Reverse engineering World of Warcraft’s subscriber numbersMassivelyOp ︎10 Oct 2023Diablo Immortal brings Hallow’s Wake event October 18, Diablo IV primes players for Season of BloodMassivelyOp ︎10 Oct 2023World of Warcraft Classic Wrath finally brings about the downfall of the Lich King todayMassivelyOp ︎09 Oct 2023Survive Sinister Haunts in Hallow’s WakeOfficial ︎06 Oct 2023Blues News: 6 October, 2023Official ︎06 Oct 2023Hotfixes: October 5, 2023Official ︎05 Oct 2023World of Warcraft debuts a dragonriding event across old Azeroth classic zonesMassivelyOp ︎04 Oct 2023Where to find Rumble Coins in World of WarcraftPC Gamer ︎04 Oct 2023Warcraft Rumble will officially launch on November 3 at the start of BlizzConMassivelyOp ︎03 Oct 2023Mike Ybarra says World of Warcraft and its IP will get the most news at BlizzConMassivelyOp ︎03 Oct 2023Hotfixes: October 2, 2023Official ︎30 Sep 2023Datamining uncovers potential details about World of Warcraft’s next expansionMassivelyOp ︎29 Sep 2023Blues News: 29 September, 2023Official ︎29 Sep 2023Hunters lead the pack for deaths on World of Warcraft Classic’s hardcore realmsMassivelyOp ︎29 Sep 2023Blizzard teases BlizzCon’s stage schedule ahead of today’s round of ticket salesMassivelyOp ︎27 Sep 2023Tencent’s not-a-WoW-clone Tarisland snagged a former World of Warcraft composer for its scoreMassivelyOp ︎27 Sep 2023Warcraft lore master Chris Metzen is back at Blizzard full-time to work on WoW’s “next generation of adventures”RPS ︎27 Sep 2023Layoffs hit Blizzard’s Hearthstone team as Chris Metzen upgrades to new World of Warcraft exec titleMassivelyOp ︎27 Sep 2023Hotfixes: September 26, 2023Official ︎26 Sep 2023Chris Metzen returns to Blizzard full-time to create 'the next generation of adventures' in World of WarcraftPC Gamer ︎