Just when Mythical Sailing Electronics was fighting with Sony and Nintendo, a news announced by Activision Blizzard in the United States instantly attracted the attention of all gamers.

The World of Warcraft, which has been in operation since 2004, will cease operations throughout the World by August 2016 at the latest.

NetEase, which is currently operating the World of Warcraft, subsequently announced that it would stop the operation of the World of Warcraft in the Huaxia Continent on June 30, 2016, and stop the game's recharge service in March.

When this news came out, many players couldn't believe it was true, but when they saw Activision Blizzard's president Robert Kotick announce the news with a sad face, they had to accept this fact.

The World of Warcraft, which has been in operation for twelve years, has a maximum of half a year to live!

Warcraft was released in North America in 2004 and began distribution in the United States, New Zealand, Canada, Australia, and Mexico on November 23 of the same year. By the end of 2008, there were more than 11.5 million paying users in the World of Warcraft worldwide, and it successfully entered the Guinness Book of World Records. In April 2008, the World of Warcraft had a 62% share of the MMORPG market. As of January 2014, the total number of accounts created by the world has exceeded 100 million (including trial accounts), and the number of characters has reached 500 million. People from 244 countries and territories play World of Warcraft, including Antarctica, the Bahamas, Christmas Island, and Tokelau.

Such a game that changed the history of online games is about to retire from the stage of history, and although many players have left this game that brought them countless joys for various reasons, the friendship that used to fight side by side with countless partners will not change.

After learning the news, countless players silently came to the Internet and those netizens who didn't know each other before to confide in each other about the imminent suspension of the Warcraft world, at this moment they know each other or not, they only have one title - players in the Warcraft world.

This game is undoubtedly one of the most influential games in the history of online games for more than 20 years, it is this game that turns the concept of copy into a necessary element of every online game today, it is this game that brings the charm of massively multiplayer copies into full play, it is this game that promotes the iron triangle of war to the whole world of ......, and there are many things that make countless players fascinated.

"Always imitated, never surpassed" This sentence is also used to describe the World of Warcraft, 09 years of Aion and Swordsman Love Online Edition three all claim to have the strength to impact the first place in the World of Warcraft online games, but these two games were only popular after the open beta, and gradually became niche games. There are also many big online games that will always swear that they will surpass the world of Warcraft before testing, but until 2015, this game has been the leader of the online game industry.

Lao Ji is in the woods, and his ambitions are thousands of miles;

The martyrs are in their twilight years, and their hearts are strong.

Even though the World of Warcraft is dying, the Tiger is majestic, and it is not an ordinary game that can shake its position.

If it weren't for the sudden rise of the Mythical Group, the martial arts online game of Lingyun Sword broke the previous pattern, and opened up the Aurora game engine and other game techniques, so that in the past year or two, high-quality games have continued to appear, and the World of Warcraft may still be able to exert two years of residual heat. In addition, Activision Blizzard's Titan has been produced, and he can take over the class of the Warcraft world, otherwise the high-level management of Activision Blizzard will definitely not let the Warcraft world stop operating so easily.

"The game that changed the history of online games is coming to an end, so let's count down the game to the next countdown."

The Chicago Times in the United States published such a news, in which the events of the twelve years of the World of Warcraft were recorded in detail, and called on players in the World of Warcraft to go back to the most Lu to feel the atmosphere of the World of Warcraft.

"The suspension of the World of Warcraft represents the decline of the older generation of online games and the rise of a new generation of online games, nothing in the World of Warcraft can be immortal, and the World of Warcraft is no exception. Activision Blizzard, the maker of the greatest game in the history of online games, has signed its death verdict, and this game that has swept the world is about to go to its fate, let's pray for it, I hope that the successor Titans can inherit the domineering power of the World of Warcraft and set off a new round of Titan storm in the whole world! ”

The New York Times made a front-page headline with a big splash of the news, booing many players who had played World of Warcraft.

The British Times commented on the imminent shutdown of the Warcraft world in a bland tone: "The suspension of the Warcraft world is not necessarily a good thing for the entire online game, there are too many games that are unknowingly imitating the Warcraft world, to put it mildly, the Warcraft world has stifled too many excellent game ideas, which is not a good thing for gamers or game companies." Now, with the World of Warcraft coming to an end, game companies must reflect on what they do and be 12 percent passionate about making more beautiful games that will impress more and more discerning gamers. ”

GameSpot.com the largest and most professional game information site in the world has specially opened a special topic about the world of Warcraft, all registered players can speak freely in this topic, and most players are very sorry for the suspension of the world of Warcraft. There are also many gamers who upload screenshots of their previous collections of playing Warcraft for other players to enjoy, and there are also some literate players who have written about their experience of playing Warcraft, and a Chinese player in Warcraft has written a novella about his experience of playing Warcraft, which has been widely praised by many players in Warcraft.

Once upon a time, in addition to a very small number of games such as Dream West Lake, the number of online games in Huaxia could exceed one million, and the number of online monks in the World of Warcraft has unknowingly exceeded one million, becoming one of the few games where the number of online users can exceed one million.

No wonder some people say that foreign monks are good at reading.

"There have been countless posts saying 'Warcraft is dead' before, but Warcraft is still alive and well. Although I have been away from the World of Warcraft for several years because of my graduation from university, seeing that the World of Warcraft World has really been sentenced to death now, my heart is empty, as if something is missing. While I can recharge in a month now, I have to take out my AFK account and go in again. ”

"The monster is dead, there is something to burn paper, you want to come to see me, unless you die! Small things to summon spirits, big things to dig graves, if you encounter similarities, it is purely private! ”

"It's a pity that the monster is really dead."

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"Win at the starting point, choose the freezing point, the freezing point will make you worry-free, and give a few gold coins ......"

Huaxia's Internet is a reminiscence of the World of Warcraft, of course, there are many new generation of players who are curious to ask about the game of Warcraft, and many studios take the opportunity to launch boosting services, before the game of Warcraft World is closed, the last bit of bone marrow will be squeezed dry.

Ding Lei, the founder and CEO of NetEase, posted a Weibo on his Weibo, which said about the helplessness and reluctance of the suspension of the World of Warcraft: "NetEase has been acting for seven years in the World of Warcraft, and since the beginning of the 09 years when NetEase acted as an agent of the World of Warcraft, I watched the World of Warcraft World change from an invincible hero who swept the World of Warcraft to an old man, this taste makes me sigh, I hope that the World of Warcraft can start and end well!" ”

Ding Lei's Weibo was quickly forwarded thousands of pieces on the Internet, making many players who have played the World of Warcraft sigh.

It's just that to the surprise of all players, the announcement of the suspension of the Warcraft world is just the beginning.

Perfect Time and Space immediately announced that its five games, Perfect World Realm (the original paid version of the point card), Red Cliff, Gods and Demons Continent, Heaven and Dragon Slayer, and Wulin Gaiden, will be suspended after half a year.

Kingsoft also announced that it will suspend a series of games with sluggish operations, such as Sword Network 1, Sword Network 2, Swordsman World Realm, Spring and Autumn Q Biography, Fengshen List, Fengshen List 2 and Fighting Slam Dunk King, and only a few games that still have a certain vitality will be retained.

Tencent's game department also announced that in the near future, it will not renew its QQ Huaxia, QQ Fairy, QQ Fantasy, QQ Free Fantasy, QQ Three Kingdoms, QQ Westward Journey and other games that start with QQ, the Ninth Continent, the King of Xuandou, Daming Dragon Power, Heaven, Nine Realms, and King of Kings 3.

Game Snail, Sky Net, Century Tiancheng, Ninth City, Zhongqingbao, Giant Network, Sohu Changyou, NetDragon, Jiuyou.com and other game companies that are still alive in China have also announced that they will suspend all their games that are difficult to operate.

The first thing players say when they meet is "Is the game you playing out of service now?" ”

2016 has just begun, and most of China's game companies have begun to significantly suspend the operation of games with poor income and expenditure, and focus on the development and operation of new games.

Therefore, 2016 is also known as the year of the past and the next in the history of the game of the world, from this year, the game history of the world has changed from the Spring and Autumn period of the countries fighting for territory to the seven heroes of the Warring States period eyeing each other!