Did Activision and NetEase break up over a misunderstanding?
, including World of Warcraft, Hearthstone, Diablo 3, and Overwatch, as a result of a falling out between Activision and its Chinese partner, NetEase, a few months earlier. But areport says that while the relationship between the two had been strained for some time, the incident that finally ended it may have been a misunderstanding.
Those tensions were presumably still lingering when representatives of both companies began negotiating a proposed change to the licensing deal between Activision and NetEase in October 2022. NetEase wanted to license Activision games directly, rather than through a joint-venture third party as had previously been the case, because it would enable the company to more easily comply with China's
During the negotiation call, which was held through translators, NetEase CEO William Ding reportedly said his company could persuade the Chinese government to either block or approve Microsoft's proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard, depending on how the new licensing negotiations went.
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