Blizzard cancels World of Warcraft mobile game: Report

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Blizzard Entertainment is gradually branching out into mobile game and one of gaming titles it was bringing to smartphones is World of Warcraft. Now, a new report says that the gaming company has cancelled its World of Warcraft mobile game. Also Read — Microsoft is testing new Game Pass family plan with ability to add up to 4 members

According to a report by Bloomberg, Activision Blizzard has torpedoed the mobile game that it was developing in partnership with its Chinese publishing partner, NetEase, after spending nearly three years on the development of the game. The report also says that two companies disagreed over the terms of the financing of the deal, which ultimately sank the partnership and lead to game being cancelled completely. Also Read — Microsoft brings Outlook to budget Android smartphones with Outlook Lite app

Post the game being cancelled, NetEase has disbanded a team of over 100 developers that were creating content for the World of Warcraft mobile game. Some of the developers have been offered internal transfers and moved to other projects. Also Read — Google, Meta, Apple, Spotify and more: Why tech companies are slowing down hiring

The two companies have worked over a number of projects in the past. They co-developed Diablo Immortal and the partnership also enabled Blizzard to bring games such as World of Warcraft and Hearthstone to China.

Notably, the cancellation of the game that was codenamed Neptune comes at a time when the gaming company is making an increased pushed in mobile gaming market. The company has already announced Warcraft Arclight Rumble and in June this year, it released Diablo Immortal. Apart from this, Activision Blizzard, earlier this year, also announced that it was bringing its hit