Blizzard hit with $43 million lawsuit in China just weeks after settling another in US

Blizzard Entertainment is being sued by NetEase, its former publishing partner in the Chinese market, over the server shutdown in January.

NetEase is seeking 300 million yuan in damages (around $43.5 million) from Blizzard, which NetEase says closed services to more than 1 million users in the Chinese markets after negotiations to renew a licensing agreement fell through. NetEase and Blizzard’s 14-year-long partnership came to an end in January, after which NetEase made a strong statement by demolishing a Blizzard statue on a stream, shortly after players lost access to the publisher’s titles in China.

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