SHANGHAI: World Of Warcraft is returning to China this summer, its developer and local partner said April 10, more than a year after dismayed devotees saw the hugely popular video game and other titles pulled from the market in a contract dispute.

US-based game-maker Blizzard and China’s NetEase said a new deal would see the sequential return of World Of Warcraft (WoW) alongside first-person shooter Overwatch and spin-offs such as WoW card game Hearthstone.