Netease

China has granted tech giant Tencent its first licence for a video game in 18 months, ending a dry spell that had threatened its position as the world's top game maker. Beijing moved against the country's vibrant gaming sector last year as…

US gaming giant Blizzard Entertainment will suspend most of its services in China from January, the company said Thursday, after it failed to reach a licensing deal with local firm Netease. Producer of some of the best-known titles in…

Visitors wearing face masks prepare to put on a virtual reality headset in front of a digital map of China at a booth at the China International Fair for Trade in…

Blizzard’s World of Warcraft mobile MMO may have been axed, as per a report by Bloomberg. Blizzard and Chinese game developer NetEasereportedly could not come to an agreement for the mobile MMO. The two gaming companies did not agree upon…

HONG KONG : Internet and gaming giant NetEase delayed the rollout of its video game Diablo Immortal in China three days ahead of its official launch, a move that comes just after the game's official account on Weibo was banned from…

India has banned 54 Chinese apps, in the latest instance of tensions between the two neighbors. Apps including those belonging to large China tech firms such as Tencent, Alibaba and NetEase stand banned too.…

The music-streaming arm of Chinese internet company NetEase Inc. started taking investor orders for a scaled-back Hong Kong initial public offering, turning to its parent company and other big backers to ensure most of the…

Beijing: Over 200 Chinese gaming companies have pledged to regulate their industry to combat gaming addiction, including through the possible use of facial recognition to identify minors, a state-backed gaming association said on Friday.…

Tencent Holdings Ltd. and Netease Inc. shed more than $60 billion of value as investor fears grow that Chinese regulators are preparing to tighten their grip dramatically on the world’s largest gaming industry.…