As Bloomberg reports in an article published on Wednesday, Blizzard and NetEase have canceled a mobile version of World of Warcraft which had been in development for over 3 years. As a reminder, around 50% of the projects in development come into our hands, for various reasons. Do not hesitate to visit our Legends portal to learn more regarding it.
Résumé
- Blizzard and NetEase have canceled a mobile version of World of Warcraft in development for more than 3 years.
- A team of more than 100 NetEase developers was dedicated to this project.
- Following disagreements between Blizzard and NetEase, the title was shelved.
- Titled Project Neptune internally, this MMORPG set in the universe of Azeroth was a spinoff set in another period of history.
- This cancellation is reminiscent of that of Project Orbis, mentioned earlier this year before the announcement of Warcraft Arclight Rumbleand approaching Pokemon GO. This one had been in development for over 4 years.
