A number of Activision Blizzard titles will disappear, following the end of an arrangement with publisher NetEase.
World of Warcraft, Overwatch and Diablo 3 are among the big Activision Blizzard video-games titles that will disappear in China in January 2023.
The games developer and NetEase, the company that provides access to the games in China, have failed to renew their 14-year-old licensing agreement.Activision said it was looking for alternatives.Acquiring a new publisher and new licences could take a long time.NetEase boss William Ding said the company had tried to negotiate with Activision with "utmost sincerity".
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