{"id":11628,"date":"2022-08-04T15:13:27","date_gmt":"2022-08-04T15:13:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/08\/04\/blizzard-reportedly-cancels-world-of-warcraft-mobile-game\/"},"modified":"2022-08-04T15:13:28","modified_gmt":"2022-08-04T15:13:28","slug":"blizzard-reportedly-cancels-world-of-warcraft-mobile-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/08\/04\/blizzard-reportedly-cancels-world-of-warcraft-mobile-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Blizzard reportedly cancels World of Warcraft mobile game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/8\/3\/23290523\/blizzard-world-of-warcraft-mobile-canceled-netease\">https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/8\/3\/23290523\/blizzard-world-of-warcraft-mobile-canceled-netease<\/a><br \/>\n<code><br \/><\/br><\/code><\/p>\n<div readability=\"49.049694856146\">\n<p id=\"QTbuhN\">Blizzard has canceled a <em>World of Warcraft<\/em> mobile game according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2022-07-21\/netease-to-launch-diablo-immortal-in-china-after-a-month-s-delay\">a report from <em>Bloomberg<\/em><\/a>. The game, made in collaboration with Blizzard\u2019s Chinese publishing partner NetEase, was in development for three years before a conflict about financing terms halted the project. <\/p>\n<aside id=\"EQDLNP\">\n<\/aside>\n<p id=\"UBcPAz\">According to <em>Bloomberg<\/em>, the <em>World of Warcraft<\/em> mobile game was codenamed \u201cNeptune\u201d and was meant to be a mobile spinoff of the MMORPG.<\/p>\n<p id=\"cdIiY5\">The cancellation comes at an interesting time as Blizzard makes a concerted push into the mobile market, developing original games for the platform. Back in May, the developer announced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/5\/3\/23055290\/blizzard-warcraft-mobile-game-trailer-activision-ios-android\"><em>Warcraft Arclight Rumble<\/em><\/a> a \u201cmobile action strategy game,\u201d and in June, it released <em>Diablo Immortal, <\/em>whose <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/6\/1\/23150381\/diablo-immortal-preview-mobile-activision-blizzard\">questionable monetization model<\/a> hasn\u2019t seemed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/diablo-immortal-hits-30-million-players-estimated-to-have-raked-in-over-dollar100-million\/\">hamper its popularity<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p id=\"Gumt5e\">Blizzard and NetEase have been partners since 2008. The company co-developed <em>Diablo Immortal<\/em>, publishes Blizzard games like <em>Hearthstone<\/em> and <em>World of Warcraft <\/em>in China, and is a stakeholder in Blizzard\u2019s <em>Overwatch<\/em> League, owning the current world champion, the Shanghai Dragons. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><code><br \/><\/br><\/code><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/8\/3\/23290523\/blizzard-world-of-warcraft-mobile-canceled-netease\">https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/8\/3\/23290523\/blizzard-world-of-warcraft-mobile-canceled-netease<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Blizzard has canceled a World of Warcraft mobile game according to a report from Bloomberg. The game, made in collaboration with Blizzard\u2019s Chinese publishing partner NetEase, was in development for three years before a conflict about financing terms halted the project. According to Bloomberg, the World of Warcraft mobile game was codenamed \u201cNeptune\u201d and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11629,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,8],"tags":[13],"class_list":["post-11628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gaming","category-technology","tag-gaming"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Blizzard reportedly cancels World of Warcraft mobile game - Science and Nerds<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/08\/04\/blizzard-reportedly-cancels-world-of-warcraft-mobile-game\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Blizzard reportedly cancels World of Warcraft mobile game - Science and Nerds\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Source: Blizzard has canceled a World of Warcraft mobile game according to a report from Bloomberg. 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