暴雪娱乐与网易将中止国服游戏业务
暴雪与网易的授权协议将于2023年1月23日到期 暴雪部分国服游戏将随即下线
2022年11月17日,暴雪娱乐今日宣布,其与网易公司现有的授权协议将于2023年1月23日到期结束,而暴雪大多数的国服游戏服务也将随之中止,其中包括《魔兽世界®》、《炉石传说®》、《魔兽争霸®III:重制版》、《守望先锋®》、《星际争霸®》系列,《暗黑破坏神®III》及《风暴英雄®》。《暗黑破坏神:不朽®》的联合开发与发行由两家公司另外的协议所涵盖。
暴雪娱乐与网易于2008年达成授权协议,涵盖上述暴雪国服游戏的发行。两家公司此次未能达成一份能与暴雪的运行准则、以及暴雪对玩家与员工的承诺相秉承一致的续约协议,目前的授权协议将于2023年1月到期。
我们将在未来几天中止国服新游戏内容的销售。中国的玩家将会很快获知相关的具体信息。即将到来的"《魔兽世界》:巨龙时代"及"《炉石传说》:巫妖王的进军"以及《守望先锋》"归来"第二赛季国服内容,仍将于今年晚些时候如期上线。
暴雪娱乐总裁Mike Ybarra表示:"我们借助网易及其他合作伙伴,将我们的游戏引入中国已将近20年。对于中国玩家群体在这些年来所展现出的激情,我们心怀深深的感激,也一直被他们的热忱与创意所激励和鼓舞。我们正在寻找机遇将我们的游戏在未来重新带回给玩家。"
关于暴雪娱乐
暴雪娱乐公司(www.blizzard.com)凭借其《魔兽世界®》、《守望先锋®》、《暗黑破坏神®》与《星际争霸®》等多个具有代表性的游戏宇宙而闻名于世。作为动视暴雪(NASDAQ:ATVI)旗下子公司,暴雪娱乐是全球娱乐软件的知名开发商和出版商,在过去30年曾打造了多款备受业界好评并开创游戏类型的作品,并获得多项年度游戏大奖殊荣。暴雪娱乐通过PC的Battle.net及Xbox、PlayStation、任天堂Switch、iOS与安卓平台,与全球数以百万计的玩家联结。
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