While Blizzard on Weibo expressed regrets for the lack of a deal, NetEase is less than happy at being painted a villain amid the commotion. Initially, the two companies’ deal ended in December however, Blizzard sought a six-month extension to seek for a more long-term deal with either NetEase or another client. For almost a decade and a half, the developer’s partner has always been NetEase, one of the biggest names in Chinese gaming. The breakup means that the former is now forced to close down almost all of its games in China.īecause of the different policies in China, Blizzard has to reply on a local partner to distribute their games in the country. After failing to pen another agreement, Blizzard and NetEase have (mostly) parted ways. Both are popular game cards that can be purchased from internet cafes or newsstands.Blizzard’s games are about to become a lot less crowded. You'll need to purchase game points through game card, in this case Blizzard or Netease game cards. Once you're more comfortable with playing D3 in Chinese and ready for an upgrade to RoS, Adventure mode, Seasons Journey, and endless cosmetic wings/portraits/pets purchases. Even if you're already familiar with the game, you'll still need to recognise new stats name in Chinese because that is the only language available, take this as a good learning opportunity. Once you got that out of the way, download and start playing the freemium non-RoS version. The registration page is in Chinese but its pretty easy to guess. First you need setup a new Blizzard-China account using a local ID, yes that's right, you need someone to loan you a Chinese ID to register for internet gaming, also that person have to be at least 16 years of age. There are some challenges if you want to play on the lag-free China servers run by Netease. Best time to play solo is after 1am local time, for 4p GR90+ push.3am. Frequent d/c during the evening when internet activities are at it highest, even without d/c I doubt you'd enjoy gameplay in the red very much. Most major cities have domestic fiber connection by now, however expect latency to fluctuate btw 350-650ms depending on the time of day. Yes, you can still log into your US/EU account from China. Last updated at 14:00:17 UTC Weekly Help Desk RAGE Loot Thread Trade Thread
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