Chinese gamers bid sad farewell to 'World of Warcraft'

The deactivation of its Chinese servers is not "the end" but just a "temporary unhappy suspension", Blizzard China said. — Photo by WTFast on Unsplash

BEIJING: Chinese players of roleplaying epic "World of Warcraft" bade a sad farewell to the land of Azeroth on Monday, with the game set to go offline after a dispute between US developer Blizzard and local partner NetEase.

Massively popular worldwide, particularly in the 2000s, "World of Warcraft" – often abbreviated as WoW – is an online multiplayer role playing game set in a fantasy-Medieval world where good battles evil.