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A year and a half after a bitter breakup with NetEase, Blizzard and NetEase have finally come to terms, ending their feud. Games such as StarCraft, Diablo, Hearthstone and Overwatch will finally be returning to players in China. NetEase began publishing it games in China in 2008, and that deal ended just last year, ending a 15 year relationship...
NetEase Games has announced Marvel Rivals, a free-to-play 6v6 team-based multiplayer third-person shooter for PC via Steam and Epic Games Store. If you're interested in playing the game, you can register now on the official website because the Marvel Rivals closed alpha test is planned for sometime in May 2024. Marvel Rivals is a superhero te...
Recent whispers in the gaming community hint at an exciting development for Blizzard Entertainment fans. Speculations suggest that the gaming giant is on the cusp of relaunching its Chinese servers, opening doors to a vast array of gaming experiences for its audience. These murmurs find their origins in a Weibo article by Chinese esports publicatio...
One of Singapore’s largest video game publishing and distribution company, GCL Global, has announced the signing of a first-of-its-kind partnership deal in the region between its subsidiary Epicsoft Asia (EPA), and NetEase Interactive Entertainment (NetEase Games), a subsidiary of one of China’s largest gaming firm and leading internet technolo...
NetEase has announced at today’s Naraka Fest event that Naraka Bladepoint, an up to 60-player PVP mythical melee battle royale game, will adopt a free-to-play model and be available on PS5 starting on 13 July 2023. The game will also be cross-platform accessible on all systems. This major announcement comes as Naraka Bladepoint celebrates its sec...
Warner Bros. Games and NetEase have announced Harry Potter Magic Awakened, the highly anticipated, free-to-play collectible card roleplay game (RPG) set in the wizarding world is now available. Starting today, players in various territories can download the game for free on the App Store for iOS and Google Play for Android. Co-developed and co...
NetEase Games recently made a big announcement about their newest addition to the gaming world: PinCool, Inc. Yep, that's right, they've established a brand-new game studio under the NetEase Games division. What's interesting about PinCool is that it's based in the bustling city of Tokyo, Japan. And let me tell you, this studio is packed with indus...
NetEase Games and Legendary Star Studio have announced that Ashfall is getting a closed beta in July. Interested players can sign up now by heading over here. Ashfall is a post-apocalyptic shooter MMORPG developed by Legendary Star Studio. In the future, AI rises up and launches a nuclear war against humanity. After that, nothing other than ruin...
A new game development studio called Anchor Point Studios has been established by NetEase, and it's led by Paul Ehreth, the lead designer of Control. They're based in Barcelona, Spain, with a secondary office in Seattle, USA, and will concentrate on making action-adventure games for both consoles and PCs. Ehreth, who previously worked on Halo 4 ...
Netease has reportedly filed a lawsuit against Activision Blizzard after the long-term partners ended the China licensing deal earlier this year in January. The move basically screwed over Chinese players who religiously played World of Warcraft, Hearthstone, Warcraft III: Reforged, Overwatch, StarCraft and StarCraft 2, Diablo 3, and Heroes of t...
Infinite Lagrange is launching a special return server on April 19th, inviting all former Pioneers to come back and experience the excitement of the game once again. The Lagrangian galaxy owes its development and expansion to the intrepid Pioneers, whose past efforts have left an indelible mark on the galaxy's history. Even those who had to leave t...
Ace Racer is the latest racing game coming out of NetEase Games. The developers recently showcased their latest technology at the Game Developers Conference (GDC), which was a great opportunity for them to show off their skills in mobile game development. Since its official release on 16 March, Ace Racer has already reached a whopping 1 million ...
The upcoming 2022 Asian Games' esports division will be short of one prominent game this year: Hearthstone. In a recent post on the Asian Electronic Sports Federation (AESF) website, the Asian Games 2022 which is (finally) taking place in Hangzhou, China this year will be removing Hearthstone from the esports programme. This is due to the recent...
Two big names in the gaming industry, Toshinori Aoki and Toshimichi Mori, have teamed up to create a new gaming studio in Tokyo called Studio Flare. They've got some serious backing too, with funding from NetEase Games, a division of NetEase, Inc. Aoki will be taking on the role of president and CEO while Mori will be serving as the development ...
NetEase Games has announced that its new mobile racing game, Ace Racer, will be officially released in Japan, North America, South Korea, Hong Kong/Macau/Taiwan regions, and Southeast Asia on 16 March 2023. A pre-registration campaign featuring great in-game rewards is also starting today. Ace Racer is a new mobile racing game where players comp...
After a contract extension with NetEase failed, Overwatch 2 and other Blizzard titles have been officially taken offline in China. This has left the Overwatch League teams based in China in uncertainty as the game is no longer playable in the country. https://twitter.com/ChengduHunters/status/1617556422912528385 The shutdown of Blizzard games...
The International Electronic Sports (esports) Invitational Tournament sponsored by NetEase and its gaming program Top Clans, as part of the 2022 edition of the China-ASEAN Education Cooperation Week, will kick off on 28 November 2022. The tournament is the latest addition to the “Sports & Humanities” segment of the annual China-ASEAN Educat...
Publisher Netease Games and developer Team Miaozi will be making a new RPG shooter hybrid title called Cygnus Enterprises, which I suspect will feature some building and management simulation bits. From the trailer below (via IGN), it turns out I was right: you go through top-down shooter levels and combat, collect resources on an alien planet, ...
Oh dear, it looks like China will be left without a bunch of Blizzard games early next year. Activision Blizzard will suspend World of WarCraft, Overwatch 2, Diablo 3, StarCraft 2, Hearthstone, Heroes of the Storm, and WarCraft III: Reforged in China after 23 January 2023. According to an official statement, Activision Blizzard will suspend the ...
NetEase has announced that Jonathan Morin is the new Creative Director for NetEase Games Montréal. Jonathan has more than 24 years of experience making AAA games, as he played a key role in shaping the Watch Dogs franchise at Ubisoft and contributed to the Far Cry series and other AAA brands in the past. Jonathan will help lead NetEase Games Mo...
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