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Just a few days after NetEase revealed they will one again be partnering with Blizzard to bring World of Warcraft back to China, over two million players have already signed up to either recover or reactivate their accounts, or pre-registered in general. 

Could Blizzard and NetEase be making up after their original 14 year partnership ended more than a year ago? A new report says a deal is expected that would bring games like World of Warcraft back to China. 

Tarisland has opened up its Chinese beta, and the team is sharing a few screenshots and details while we all wait for future global testing.

Chinese regulators could ban to some of the mobile gacha industry's most well-known tactics, including login and purchase rewards if a new set of proposals goes through. 

According to a report, Activision Blizzard tried to extend its partnership deal with NetEase to keep its games running in China a little longer, but a deal never came together. Seven Blizzard titles are shutting down in the Chinese market next week.

NetEase and Blizzard couldn't come to an agreement on their existing licensing deal, which means the latter's games will be pulled from China's market. As a result, according to The South China Morning Post, NetEase has begun laying off or reassigning those team members who maintained Blizzard's games.

There are some updates to the announcement that most Blizzard games would suspend service in China in January, due to the company and its partner NetEase not being able to reach a contract extension deal.

Blizzard and NetEase were in the process of re-upping their agreement that sees the latter operate many of the MMO developer's titles in China. However, as alluded to in the recent financial disclosures last week, Blizzard announced this evening that it and NetEase are suspending services to its games in China.

EVE Online is now able to be sold in China through CCP Games and NetEase Games certification.