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A few weeks ago, Blizzard announced their return to the Chinese market and a new partnership with NetEase games to launch some of their most popular titles. The announcement was a surprise for the gamers in China, but a welcome one.
It has now been revealed that World of Warcraft amassed over two million registrations for its relaunch as per Blizzard’s China Division. The shocking fact is that the numbers reached two million in just two days of the announcement as revealed by NasDa on X (Twitter).
NasDa also revealed that the company recovered over 90,000 accounts while reactivating over 140,000. Furthermore, the new partnership has again opened up job opportunities with Blizzard NetEase receiving over 1000 resumes for new roles.
Since players already made progress before the services shut down last year, they will all be resuming the in-game progress. Blizzard is reportedly working on account recovery. It is unknown how long the process will take or a relaunch window for when the game will be available due to the number of players, but the servers are said to be up by June.
More changes for Chinese players
After the servers were shut down, most of the player base across Blizzard games dropped. The number of those who chose to play in different ways was low as not everyone had a good internet connection to sustain a stable network across regions.
However, the Chinese companies are known to be dedicated to its player base and NetEase have already announced that players who have missed past rewards will be able to earn them back. Although it is not known to which extent. Further, the company will also be rebuilding the Gorehowl Statue, which they blew up publicly on a livestream after Blizzard broke up with them last year.