AWarcraftmobile project has apparently been shuttered
Activision Blizzard and NetEase have collaborated on several projects, including the recentDiablo Immortal. But a new report claims a potentialWarcraftmobile game has fallen through.
Bloomberg reportsthat aWorld of Warcraftmobile game has been shuttered. The project was in development for three years, but according to Bloomberg’s sources, the two companies disagreed over financial terms and ultimately called it off.
The team of over 100 developers has allegedly been disbanded. Some were reportedly offered internal transfers. A spokesperson for NetEase declined to comment on the matter to Bloomberg. An Activision Blizzard spokesperson gave no comment.
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The canceled project, code-named as Neptune according to Bloomberg, was a massively multiplayer online RPG set in theWorld of Warcraftuniverse. The report says it wouldn’t be a direct one-to-one of the mega-hitWoW, but a spinoff set during a different time period.
NetEase and Blizzard have collaborated on several major projects, so the report comes as a bit of a surprise. AlongsideDiablo Immortal, which has receivedsome frustrated reactionsfrom fans, NetEase also publishesWorld of Warcraftand other Blizzard franchises in China.
Though fans haven’t been wild about the microtransactions,Diablo Immortalhascontinued to see growth, andWorld of Warcraftis building up to the launch of its next expansionDragonflight.
Whether this is a stumbling block or not, it looks like mobileWarcraftplans are on hold for now. Or at least the reportedly MMO-based ones, that is. There is the upcomingWarcraft Arclight Rumble, a game similar toClash of Clansthat’s coming to Android and iOS.
