NetEase Tears Down Local Orc Statue And Posts A Spicy Response To Blizzard On Ending Licensing Agreement
The dismantling of the Orc statue was live streamed with around 30,000 people watching.
For NetEase, it seems they have some very strong feelings about Blizzard Entertainment with the licensing agreement for several games ending in China. It would have been business as usual behind closed doors, but Blizzard's update that claimed NetEase's inability to secure a six-month extension was the culprit has riled up the Chinese company enough to tear down their local Orc statue.
Wowhead managed to get a sliver of the scene where the Orc was dismantled and also sighted a response from NetEase regarding Blizzard's update:
"In our view, Blizzard's proposal - including today's surprise announcement - is brash, unseemly and commercially illogical," said NetEase. Later in their spicy and lengthy response, the company claims Blizzard's character saving feature for Chinese World of Warcraft players is an "untested archive feature." According to NetEase, "there may be unknown security risks" for Chinese players.
Wowhead also shows one Chinese player having issues with this feature, which wasn't allowing them to log back in or download their information, and others state having the same problem.
As icing on the cake, there's a "Blizzard Green Tea" at NetEase's coffee shop that seems to call out Blizzard for being manipulative. In modern Chinese culture, the "Green Tea" part is a slur referring to someone who appears wholesome but underneath is anything but that.
Yeah...NetEase is not happy about the recent failing negotiations with Blizzard.
Related Articles
- Always Online Podcast: SWTOR's Shakey Future With A New Developer, ESO's Necrom Launch, And Life Is Feudal's $20 Sub Ep 476
- 9-Year Veteran Game Designer For World Of Warcraft Fired, Alleges It Was Over Dialogue That Joked About Corporate Greed
- Overwatch 2 Celebrates LGBTQ+ Pride With New Profile Icons And Name Cards
About the Author

Anthony Jones is a gaming journalist and late 90s kid in love with retro games and the evolution of modern gaming. He started at Mega Visions as a news reporter covering the latest announcements, rumors, and fan-made projects. FFXIV has his heart in the MMORPGs scene, but he's always excited to analyze and lose hours to ambitious and ambiguous MMOs that gamers follow.
Read Next
Black Desert Online’s Latest Console Update Adds Crystal Presets And Changes To Node And Conquest
The Twins are available on both mobile and PC now too.
By QuintLyn Bowers - 4 months agoYou May Enjoy
Compete In Albion Online’s Crystal League Championship And Win A Robo-Sabertooth Mount Skin
Ever wanted a robo-sabertooth skin for your mount?
By QuintLyn Bowers - 1 week agoDungeon Fighter Online Season 7 Act 6 Adds Six New Increasingly Difficult Realms
Explore the Archemage’s Hall of Dimensions.
By QuintLyn Bowers - 1 week agoWarhaven Shows Off Visceral Combat With New Trailer At Summer Game Fest
It's certainly one game we're keeping an interested eye on, how about you?
By Troy Blackburn - 1 day agoLost Ark June Update Brings A New Storyline, Dungeon, And More
Travel to Elgacia and explore the city of Ereonnor.
By Troy Blackburn - 4 days agoFriday The 13th: The Game’s License Is Expiring, If You Want To Play Through 2024, Buy It Now
And it’s not being renewed.
By QuintLyn Bowers - 1 day agoRiot Reveals More Details On Valorant's Upcoming Team Deathmatch Mode
A new Sentinel agent is dropping too.
By Matthew D'Onofrio - 3 days ago
Discussion (1)