On December 25, according to the Financial Associated Press, in the past period of time, Blizzard and many domestic game manufacturers.
negotiated the "return of the national service", and finally chose to re-join hands with NetEase.
After the cooperation is confirmed, NetEase and Blizzard need to rebuild the national server operation team and test the servers and related systems, so the games that players are looking forward to may have to wait half a year or more for the game to be relaunched.
The reporter noticed that in the nearly one year of the shutdown, Tencent, NetEase and other leading manufacturers.
There has been news of cooperation with Blizzard's national server, but there is no follow-up.
After the news came out.
NetEase Blizzard Compound".
Immediately ranked first in the hot search.
The degree of discussion reached a "boil".
Hot comments from netizens. 
NetEase and Blizzard China's latest response.
On December 25, according to the "Shanghai ** Daily", NetEase said it would not respond to rumors on the Internet that NetEase and Blizzard may re-cooperate. A person close to the company said that NetEase's previous team responsible for operating Blizzard's national server has been disbanded this year, and it is unlikely that the team will be reorganized for Blizzard in a short period of time.
According to Sina Technology, in response to the recent rumors that NetEase and Blizzard have "reunited" after a year, and the national server version of "World of Warcraft" has returned, it asked Blizzard China for verification, and Blizzard China responded, "Thank you for your attention, we currently have no information or updates to share." ”
The reporter found that starting from December 20th, the "World of Warcraft" community has been re-launched in the "NetEase God", and the "World of Warcraft" community has begun to update the relevant "blue sticker" content one after another, updating new content including the battle of the center of the earth and the Warcraft exploration server. Previously, the news in the community circle about NetEase stopping ** World of Warcraft was no longer searchable.
News + Blizzard and NetEase announced a partnership on August 13, 2008 to operate World of Warcraft, Battle.net, etc. in Chinese mainland, and on November 17, 2022, Blizzard issued a unilateral statement saying that it would suspend most of Blizzard's game services in Chinese mainland due to the expiration of the existing licensing agreement with NetEase on January 23, 2023.
Subsequently, NetEase responded that NetEase has been doing its best to negotiate with Activision Blizzard, hoping to promote the renewal of the contract. After lengthy negotiations, it was still unable to agree on some key terms of the partnership with Activision Blizzard.
From 0:00 on January 24, 2023, all Blizzard games in China will officially cease operation, including "World of Warcraft", "Warcraft III: Remastered", "StarCraft" series, Hearthstone, Heroes of the Storm, "Overwatch" and "Diablo III".
On October 13, 2023, Microsoft officially announced the completion of the $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard, which is widely regarded by gamers as the hope of Blizzard's national server restart.
In the eyes of industry insiders, the pace of Blizzard's return to the national server is gradually accelerating. First, Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard has been settledSecond, Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick, who is regarded by the outside world as the "culprit" of NetEase Blizzard's "separation", has announced that he will officially step down on December 29.
*: Morning News, Finance Associated Press, Beijing Business Daily, Nanfang***, etc.