© Reuters. Copies of World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria video game published by Activision Blizzard, owned by Vivendi, are displayed in a shop in Rome, October 16, 2012. REUTERS/Tony Gentile
By Josh Ye
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ:), the U.S. video game giant behind hit franchise Warcraft, said on Tuesday that its Chinese publisher NetEase (NASDAQ:) had turned down a proposal to extend their partnership for six months.
In a statement released on Chinese microblogging site Weibo (NASDAQ:), 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.
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