They operate a special client for Warcraft III in China that features a ladder system with an observer mode. NetEase is a Chinese IT company who is Blizzard Entertainment's publisher and business operator in Mainland China. It was the go-to choice of high-level players from Europe and the Americas for 1v1 and 2v2 games. It had a community page and private server for Warcraft 3. Warcraft 3 Arena, also known as W3Arena ( W3A), was a Warcraft III alternative and non-official platform. Since then, other servers like W3Arena (for Europe & Americas) or NetEase (Blizzard official Chinese partner) have been created. Lordaeron & Azeroth merged into Americas,ĭuring a long time had been the only way to play Warcraft III online.Patch 1.30.2 release), another gateway ( Korea) was created. In order to provide the best online gaming experience and especially to minimize delay between the action of players and the reaction of the server supporting the game, Blizzard initially divided the world in 4 servers : was launched on December 31st, 1996, with the release of Blizzard's action-role-playing video game Diablo. A local area network (LAN) provide the best playing experience possible, allowing players to play without any delay.īlizzard (first named '') is an Internet-based online gaming, social networking, digital distribution, and digital rights management platform developed by Blizzard Entertainment.

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