{"id":34967,"date":"2022-08-04T05:17:41","date_gmt":"2022-08-04T05:17:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/world-of-warcraft-mobile-game-reportedly-cancelled-by-blizzard-after-finance-dispute\/"},"modified":"2022-08-04T05:17:41","modified_gmt":"2022-08-04T05:17:41","slug":"world-of-warcraft-mobile-game-reportedly-cancelled-by-blizzard-after-finance-dispute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/world-of-warcraft-mobile-game-reportedly-cancelled-by-blizzard-after-finance-dispute\/","title":{"rendered":"World of Warcraft Mobile Game Reportedly Cancelled by Blizzard After Finance Dispute"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\">\n<p>A World of Warcraft mobile game has reportedly been quietly canceled due to financing disputes.<\/p>\n<p>According to Bloomberg, the upcoming smartphone game had been in development for three years but has now been canceled due to a dispute between Activision Blizzard and NetEase.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe two companies disagreed over terms and ultimately called a halt to the project, which had been kept under wraps,\u201d said a source close to the deal.<\/p>\n<p><output class=\"article-video-container\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The project, referred to as \u201cNeptune\u201d by those working on it, was said to be a Warcraft spin-off, set during a different period to World of Warcraft.  It&#8217;s unknown whether it would have directly tied into either Warcraft, Warcraft II, or Warcraft III.<\/p>\n<p>The good news is that it&#8217;s <em>note<\/em> Warcraft Arclight Rumble \u2013 the upcoming mobile \u201ctower offense\u201d game due to release later this year.<\/p>\n<section data-transform=\"object-feedback\"\/>\n<p>As far back as February this year, Activision Blizzard revealed that it was working on multiple mobile Warcraft titles, and this was thought to be one of the big reasons behind Microsoft&#8217;s acquisition of the company for a reported $69 billion earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>Now, it looks as though those mobile games may be up in the air \u2013 after all, the extent of Activision Blizzard&#8217;s working relationship with NetEase following this high-profile cancellation is uncertain.  Another of Activision Blizzard&#8217;s mobile games, a Pokemon Go-style AR game, was also canceled.<\/p>\n<p><output class=\"widget-container\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"jsx-862123036 slideshow-preview\">\n<p>Diablo Immortal Key Art<\/p>\n<div class=\"jsx-862123036 images-container\"><button type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-862123036 hero-image\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"jsx-3600606818 aspect-ratio-container aspect-ratio-16-9\">\n<div class=\"jsx-3600606818 aspect-ratio-child\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/output><\/p>\n<p>NetEase currently publishes World of Warcraft in China and is also behind the popular yet controversial mobile game, Diablo Immortal, which has come under fire for its microtransactions.  Despite this, Activision Blizzard is set to make a killing with the game, which earned $24 million in its first two weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Whether or not Activision Blizzard and NetEase will continue working on Warcraft mobile titles remains to be seen.  But at the moment, Warcraft Arclight Rumble is still full steam ahead.  And it looks as though the popular Warcraft franchise is set to continue making them a ton of money.<\/p>\n<p><em>Ryan Leston is an entertainment journalist and film critic for IGN.  You can follow him on <\/em><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RyanLeston\" target=\"_blank\"><em>twitter<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A World of Warcraft mobile game has reportedly been quietly canceled due to financing disputes. According to Bloomberg, the upcoming smartphone game had been in development for three years but has now been canceled due to a dispute between Activision Blizzard and NetEase. \u201cThe two companies disagreed over terms and ultimately called a halt to &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/world-of-warcraft-mobile-game-reportedly-cancelled-by-blizzard-after-finance-dispute\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">World of Warcraft Mobile Game Reportedly Cancelled by Blizzard After Finance Dispute<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":34789,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/blizzard-reportedly-cancels-world-of-warcraft-mobile-game\/","url_meta":{"origin":34967,"position":0},"title":"Blizzard reportedly cancels World of Warcraft mobile game","date":"August 4, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Blizzard has canceled a World of Warcraft mobile game according to a report from Bloomberg. 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