News Former Halo Infinite head of design to lead new NetEase studio Seattle-based Jar of Sparks will focus on "narrative driven action games" July 19, 2022 Marie Dealessandri
News NetEase invests "several million dollars" in Polish VR studio Lodz-based Something Random is to release its debut title in 2023 July 5, 2022 Marie Dealessandri
News NetEase Games opens Jackalope Games, its first US studio Austin-based team will be led by former Cryptic CEO Jack Emmert May 5, 2022 James Batchelor
News NetEase revenue reached $13.7bn during the year of 2021 Online game service earnings hit $9.8bn as Naraka: Bladepoint and Harry Potter: Magic Awakened joined firm's offerings Feb. 24, 2022 Jeffrey Rousseau
News Yakuza creator Toshihiro Nagoshi and NetEase form new studio Nagoshi Studio's founding team all come from Sega and Yakuza developer Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio Jan. 24, 2022 Marie Dealessandri
News NetEase acquires Grasshopper Manufacture The deal was signed in May 2021 Oct. 22, 2021 Marie Dealessandri
News China reportedly slowing down online game approvals Tencent and Netease were summoned by Chinese regulators, resulting in their stocks dipping Sept. 10, 2021 Marie Dealessandri
News NetEase reportedly to hire Yakuza creator Toshihiro Nagoshi Sega veteran to form new development team and create new titles as publisher aims to expand business Aug. 31, 2021 Jeffrey Rousseau
News Netease Q3 strengthened by multiple mobile game releases in China Online games revenue reached $2 billion, up 20% year-over-year Nov. 19, 2020 Rebekah Valentine
News Steady beat of new mobile titles brings Q2 growth for NetEase World of Warcraft in China also saw record concurrent users during the first half of the year Aug. 14, 2020 Rebekah Valentine
News NetEase to open secondary listing on Hong Kong stock exchange Update: New listing approved, Chinese publisher reportedly hopes to raise $3 billion June 1, 2020 Ivy Taylor
News NetEase revenues rise to $2.4bn Fantasy Westward Journey publisher grows games business overseas with increased playerbase in Japan May 20, 2020 James Batchelor
Feature After the lockdown: China studios on returning to work Chinese developers share lessons learned from remote working and their efforts to prevent a second wave of COVID-19 April 3, 2020 James Batchelor
News NetEase revenue and profits ride high on the back of diverse portfolio World of Warcraft Classic drives WoW subscribers to record heights in China Feb. 27, 2020 Ivy Taylor
News Arsenal's Mesut Özil removed from PES 2020 after criticising China's treatment of Muslims NetEase also pulls the midfielder from two other Chinese version of Konami's football game Dec. 19, 2019 James Batchelor
News NetEase launches its own cloud gaming platform in beta Service currently supports 38 games on mobile, but testers are waiting in long queue times to play Dec. 5, 2019 Rebekah Valentine
News NetEase buys minority stake in Bossa Studios Deal worth an alleged $30m precedes Bossa's push into China with the launch of Hogwash Nov. 26, 2019 Matthew Handrahan
News Blizzard, NetEase win $569k in copyright suit against Chinese mobile publisher 4399 Network found to have violated copyrights of Overwatch with Gunplay Battlefront, Heroes of Warfare Nov. 21, 2019 Rebekah Valentine
News Onmyoji server shut down in Vietnam for violating local sovereignty laws Update to in-game map shows disputed South China Sea territory as Chinese against Vietnamese law Oct. 18, 2019 Rebekah Valentine
News NetEase revenue and profit up in Q2 following strong international performance "We will continue exploring overseas market opportunities and growing our games business on a global scale," says CEO Aug. 8, 2019 Ivy Taylor
News NetEase to publish Creative Assembly's Total War series in China New partnership covers the whole Total War catalogue, including the China set Three Kingdoms Aug. 2, 2019 Matthew Handrahan
News NetEase launches Montreal studio Creation of new R&D-focused development location follows last week's R&D-minded investment in Montreal's Behaviour Interactive July 22, 2019 Brendan Sinclair
News NetEase acquires minority stake in Behaviour Interactive Partnership to help enhance Chinese game giant's research and development efforts July 16, 2019 Ivy Taylor
News Tencent, Chinese gaming companies push new age rating system Proposed system would have four categories, spearheaded by publishers and developers July 5, 2019 Rebekah Valentine
News Niko Partners: NetEase to continue transformation from domestic giant to global company in 2019 Overwatch has sold 10m units in the country as Chinese publisher seeks further international opportunities June 18, 2019 Rebekah Valentine