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Ryuu96 said:

Blizzard breaking up with Netease.https://t.co/Z7UiAxD8cG pic.twitter.com/saz5sbpgZB

— Grubb (@JeffGrubb) November 17, 2022

NetEase’s head of partnerships appears to be calling Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick “a jerk” over on LinkedIn 🫢 https://t.co/ZumaPmAru8 pic.twitter.com/Ceb1bP4Jom

— Tom Warren (@tomwarren) November 17, 2022

Well this is bad. Blizzard's popularity in China was Xbox's key to moving hardware in China and fixing the issue with Chinese games skipping Xbox. Xbox is going to need to renegotiate a deal with Netease or try their luck with Tencent as soon as the acquisition closes.