Time to put on the hairshirt. Yesterday it was reported by Chinese media that NetEase was suing its former partner Blizzard, whose games it published for 14 years, for around $43.5 million. That report was incorrect, and based on a Chinese court document that for reasons yet to be explained named NetEase in error.
Here's what is true: Blizzard is being sued in China. But despite the court docket saying it was NetEase suing Blizzard, it is in fact one angry man called Yang Jun, who somehow included NetEase as an appellant. Various copies of the court filing (turned up by WoWhead) on Chinese public information websites name NetEase and Yang Jun as the appellants against Blizzard Entertainment and defunct former licensing partner The9.
