Against the backdrop of Blizzard’s ongoing spat with its Chinese publisher NetEase hitting new heights in public, Tencent has announced a new MMO that has in💛vited plenty of comparisons to World of Warcraft. 

As you’ll see from the promotional material released so far, Tarisland leans into fantasy, though WoW fans are on the alongside several choice shots from cinematics – it’s also that one dragon looks a fair bit like Deathwing. The comparisons are mainly down to aesthetics, though some might also find the sight of dragon-riding familiar – mind you, 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:that was in Guild Wars long before 🐬World of Warcraft. Regardless, it hasn’t gone by B🦩lizzard, either. 

that Blizzard’s MMO didn’t invent most of its concepts and has borrowed plenty from D&D and beyond. You can see it for yourself in the trailer below.

The timing of Tarisland’s reveal is certainly fortuitous, with World of Warcraft due to🦹 shutdown in China due to Blizzard’s public fallout with publisher NetEase. Recently, Activision Blizzard claimed to offer NetEase a six-month extension to its contract, calling it a “pity” that the publisher turned it down. 

It was far from a light ‘no’, though, as NetEase then an Orc statue that signified it🍰s relationship with the🧜 developer, doing so publicly while offering a new beverage at its staff cafe called Blizzard Green Tea. As Bloomberg’s Zheping Huang on Twitter, the play on local slang is far from kind, referring to "a woman who presents herself as innocent and sweet in order to approach guys who she finds useful."

Tarisland is currently undergoing a closed beta and is set to release on PC ꦡand mobile. At the time ♏of writing, it isn’t clear if the MMO will make the journey west.

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