By Josh Ye
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Activision Blizzard, the U.S. video game giant behind hit franchise Warcraft, said on Tuesday that its Chinese publisher NetEase had turned down a proposal to extend their partnership for six months.
In a statement released on Chinese microblogging site Weibo, the company’s subsidiary Blizzard China said it had contacted NetEase last week with a proposal to extend their partnership for six months which the Hangzhou-based company had rejected.
Blizzard China added that its game services will be discontinued on Jan. 23 in accordance with NetEase’ announcement.
(Reporting by Josh Ye; Editing by Kim Coghill)
