[NEWS] Blizzard and NetEase signed the Game Operation Rights in China to 2023

Original Author: War3station
Translator: GLH


(Shanghai, 10th Jan 2019) Blizzard Entertainment and NetEase (NASDAQ: NTES) published that they will continue the operation in China. This is the 11th year of the operation between Blizzard and NetEase, the game operation of World of Warcraft, StarCraft Series, Diablo Series, Hearthstone, Storm Heroes, Overwatch will be continue until 2023.

Since Blizzard and NetEase started their operation, they brought Starcraft II and the platform (NetEase Platfrom) into China, their operation let us are able to enjoy to game of Blizzard.

Blizzard Entertainment President J.Allen Brack:"Because of NetEase, we have more players to enjoy the game of Blizzard, we are very grateful to have such a strong partner in China, we are looking forward to continue and make deeper our partnerships in China and around the world."

NetEase founder and CEO:"Over the past ten years, we have been working closely with Blizzard and we are very happy to continue our relationship. In the future, our cooperation will be better than ever.  I believe Netease and Blizzard will bring a better gaming experience to players around the world."


About Blizzard:
Blizzard Entertainment, a subsidiary of Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI), it is a well-known developer and publisher of entertainment software worldwide, and it is having a reputation in the industry. Its great works include World of Warcraft, Hearthstone, Overwatch, Heroes of the Storm,  Warcraft, Starcraft, Diablo, etc. They are having 22 best-selling games and a number of "Game of the Year" awards. The company also offers Battle.net, the world's largest online game service with tens of millions of active users.

About NetEase:
NetEase (NASDAQ: NTES) is a leading Internet technology company in China that dedicating to provide high quality Internet services across community, social and e-commerce. NetEase successfully developed and operated many China's most popular end-games and mobile games, and they are having operation with the world's leading game developers, including Blizzard and Mojang AB, their operation bring great works from oversea to China. NetEase also satisfies the growing consumer demand of the Chinese middle class through two e-commerce platforms, Kaola(考拉) and Yanxuan(严选). In addition, NetEase also deals with businesses such as advertising and email.

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