{"id":66353,"date":"2026-05-08T16:58:31","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T07:58:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=66353"},"modified":"2026-05-08T16:58:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T07:58:33","slug":"snowbreak-containment-zone-to-resume-service-after-over-two-months-of-server-downtime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/snowbreak-containment-zone-to-resume-service-after-over-two-months-of-server-downtime\/","title":{"rendered":"Snowbreak: Containment Zone to resume service after over two months of server downtime"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>After more than two months of <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/gacha-game-snowbreak-containment-zones-temporary-maintenance-enters-fourth-week-with-no-reopening-date-announced-yet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">server downtime and radio silence on its official channels<\/a>, <strong>Snowbreak: Containment Zone<\/strong> will officially be playable once more starting May 8 at 6 AM UTC. As compensation, players old and new will be rewarded with a hefty number of in-game rewards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dear Adjutants,<br><br>The servers for Snowbreak: Containment Zone will officially open on 2026\/5\/8 14:00 (UTC+8). The limited-time event &quot;Winds of Warmth&quot; will begin simultaneously. Details for the event will be announced separately.<br><br>[Maintenance Compensation &amp; Distribution]\u2026<\/p>&mdash; Snowbreak: Containment Zone (@SnowbreakEN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SnowbreakEN\/status\/2052267188745093264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 7, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to the rewards mentioned above, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SnowbreakEN\/status\/2052599374442529144?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the devs recently announced<\/a> that they would be adding an extra 50 Special time-limited Manifestation Echo Covenants and 50 Weapon Modding Agreements that can be used exclusively on the current Winds of Warmth event character and weapon banners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Temporary scheduled server maintenance for Snowbreak: Containment Zone\u2019s longest downtime yet began at 3:59 PM UTC on March 2. While the developers mentioned that the maintenance could last longer due to a \u201clarge amount of data involved,\u201d they did promise a generous compensation of in-game rewards coupled with a separate announcement of when the servers would be back online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"442\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260508-663530001.jpg\" alt=\"Snowbreak: Containment Zone\" class=\"wp-image-66357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260508-663530001.jpg 960w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260508-663530001-380x175.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260508-663530001-768x354.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Amazing Seasun Games has not released an official statement regarding the reason behind the game\u2019s abnormally long downtime, but <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-china.com\/all\/article\/news\/20260303-22295-chen-bai-jin-qu-tu-ran-wu-xian-qi-ting-fu-wei-hu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">some think that it is related to the cancellation of a collaboration event with China Post<\/a>, which was announced near the aforementioned server maintenance. The planned collab with a public institution caused some netizens to take issue with the game\u2019s suggestive content. Following public pressure, <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-china.com\/all\/article\/news\/20260227-22198-chen-bai-jin-qu-lian-dong-zhong-guo-you-zheng-yin-qi-zheng-yi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the event was cancelled<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While there is no official confirmation as to the relation between Snowbreak: Containment Zone\u2019s server downtime and its cancelled China Post collab, it seems that <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NguynVngKhi2\/status\/2052269614189666362?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">players are just happy<\/a> to know they are able to play their beloved waifu gacha game again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Related:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/snowbreak-censorship-snowbreak-containment-zone-censors-characters-and-outfits-across-all-servers-to-comply-with-mainland-china-restrictions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Snowbreak: Containment Zone censors characters and outfits across all servers to comply with Mainland China restrictions<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/snowbreak-containment-zones-newest-update-was-too-sexy-for-google-play-causing-delays\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Snowbreak: Containment Zone\u2019s newest update was too sexy for Google Play, causing delays<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Developer Amazing Seasun Games announced that their gacha game Snowbreak: Containment Zone would resume services on May 8. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":66356,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[18,17],"class_list":["post-66353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-global-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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