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，暴雪娱乐今日发布公告称，其与网易公司现有的授权协议将于2023年1月23日到期，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®》的联合开发与发行则由两公司达成的另一协议所覆盖。
暴雪娱乐与网易于2008年缔结授权协议，涵盖上述暴雪国服游戏的发行。然而两公司未能达成一致，包括规章运作及对玩家与员工的承诺等续约协议，当前的授权协议将于2023年1月到期。
我们将在未来几天停售国服新游戏内容。中国玩家相关的信息将很快发布。即将来临的《魔兽世界》：巨龙时代、《炉石传说》：巫妖王的进军以及《守望先锋》归来的第二个赛季国服内容依然会如期在今年晚些时候上线。
暴雪娱乐总裁MikeYbarra称：“在与网易及其他合作伙伴的合作下，我们的游戏已在中国推出近20年。我们由衷感激中国玩家在这些年里对我们游戏的支持，他们的激情、热情和创造力一直都是我们的动力，我们正在寻找机会将我们的游戏重新带回中国玩家身边。”
关于暴雪娱乐：暴雪娱乐公司（网址www.blizzard.com）以其拥有的《魔兽世界®》、《守望先锋®》、《暗黑破坏神®》和《星际争霸®》等众多知名游戏闻名世界。作为Activision Blizzard （NASDAQ：ATVI）的子公司，暴雪娱乐是全球知名游戏开发商和出版商。在过去三十年中，暴雪曾创造了多款划时代的游戏，获得过多项年度游戏大奖，并赢得了游戏业界的普遍好评。暴雪娱乐通过PC的Battle.net平台以及Xbox、PlayStation、Nintendo Switch、iOS和Android平台，与数百万玩家联结在一起。
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