Last November, Activision Blizzard announced the expiration of its licensing agreement with NetEase, which has been publishing Blizzard titles in China since 2008. The company has already suspended all in-game purchases for local players. Given NetEase's refusal to extend the agreement, Blizzard will have to shut down servers and services for all its online games, including WoW, Diablo III, Hearthstone, Overwatch, and the StarCraft series, on January 23.