WoW goes offline in China

[Hanno Labuschagne]

WoW goes offline in China

Millions of Chinese gamers have lost access to World of Warcraft after a furious dispute between US title owner Activision Blizzard Inc. and NetEase Inc., its longtime local partner in the world’s biggest gaming market.

Devotees of the popular game took to social media networks to bemoan the loss, with one posting an image of a failed connection message accompanied by crying emojis.

[Bloomberg]

 

[DapperDanMan]

Millions of Chinese gamers have lost access to World of Warcraft

... and that is how the great hacker revolution of the twenties began ...

 

[Vorastra]

How will they farm gold now.

Also, Blizzard should be careful.

NetEase may suddenly come out with a new MMO that just happens to look and play just like WoW.

It would be a coincidence, obviously.

I wonder how much access NetEase had to the code, if any.

 

[Agent_Smith]

 

[DapperDanMan]

NetEase may suddenly come out with a new MMO that just happens to look and play just like WoW.

It would be a coincidence, obviously.

And in that new MMO, every single one of the characters will coincidentally have Chinese accents ...

 

[ReleasedFromCaptivity]

How will they farm gold now.

Also, Blizzard should be careful.

NetEase may suddenly come out with a new MMO that just happens to look and play just like WoW.

It would be a coincidence, obviously.

I wonder how much access NetEase had to the code, if any.

They are already in the process of doing that.

 

[Vorastra]

They are already in the process of doing that.

The Chinese strike again lmao

 

[Anelist]

feeling sorry for the gamers...

 

[JimboBob]

Pleeeease can the same happen for Factorio!
Digital drug.

 

[SyntaxError]

Now they can all finally go outside

 

[Synaesthesia]

Sad news for the StarCraft 2 scene in China too. Ah well.