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10 Apr Microsoft’s Blizzard resumes NetEase partnership, bringing World of Warcraft back to Chinese players after bitter break-up

Posted at 05:10h in Asia

Blizzard Entertainment, the video game giant behind World of Warcraft, is resuming its partnership with NetEase under its new owner Microsoft, marking a revival of the most enduring US-China video game partnership that had an acrimonious break-up over a year ago.Confirming an earlier South China...

09 Apr Blizzard Entertainment and NetEase to renew partnership this week, bringing games like World of Warcraft back to China

Posted at 13:00h in Asia

Blizzard Entertainment, the video game giant behind of World of Warcraft, and long-time Chinese partner NetEase are expected to announce a new deal this week that will allow for a highly anticipated comeback to the country.The two companies are expected to announce on Wednesday that...

13 Mar World of Warcraft developer Blizzard to return to China soon after resuming partnership with NetEase, report says

Posted at 23:00h in Asia

Blizzard Entertainment is returning to China in the coming weeks after the US video gaming giant resumed a partnership with NetEase following a high-profile bust up last year, according to a local media report.Hangzhou-based game publisher NetEase will announce the official return of Blizzard to...

31 Jan Chinese video game firms continue to look overseas for growth, shrugging off geopolitical tensions, survey finds

Posted at 00:00h in Asia

China’s video gaming studios are largely unconcerned by geopolitical tensions when it comes to generating revenue from overseas markets, according to a survey of 33 gaming companies in the country with an overseas presence.Only three of the companies surveyed, or 9.1 per cent, said that...

29 Jan Tencent chairman Pony Ma sets confident tone for internet giant in 2024 amid WeChat’s improved business prospects, sources say

Posted at 13:26h in Asia

The 52-year-old Ma, who kept a low profile during China’s 32-month crackdown on Big Tech firms, delivered that positive message in a speech before Tencent’s annual staff meeting on Monday at a stadium in Shenzhen, the company’s home city in southern Guangdong province.Founded...

20 Jan China convenes Huawei, Tencent, Baidu to draft metaverse standards in bid to become global technology leader

Posted at 08:11h in Asia

China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has assembled 60 experts, including some from the country’s largest technology firms, to form a new working group to establish standards for the metaverse sector.Representatives from telecoms equipment giant Huawei Technologies, video gaming titans Tencent Holdings and...

13 Jan China’s video gaming market ended 2023 battered and bruised, but can world-beating titles and innovation save the day?

Posted at 04:00h in Asia

The total number of video game players in China has been peaking.By the end of 2023 there were 668 million gamers in China, a tiny increase from the 666 million at the end of 2022. They jointly spent 303 billion yuan (US$42 billion) on games,...

02 Jan Exclusive | Veteran Chinese video gaming official steps down in wake of market rout linked to proposed rule changes, sources say

Posted at 14:00h in Asia

A key Chinese official involved in oversight of the country’s video gaming industry has stepped down after proposed regulation last month wiped out billions of dollars of value from Chinese gaming stocks, according to people familiar with the situation.Feng Shixin, a long-serving official, has left...

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10 Apr Microsoft’s Blizzard resumes NetEase partnership, bringing World of Warcraft back to Chinese players after bitter break-up

09 Apr Blizzard Entertainment and NetEase to renew partnership this week, bringing games like World of Warcraft back to China

13 Mar World of Warcraft developer Blizzard to return to China soon after resuming partnership with NetEase, report says

31 Jan Chinese video game firms continue to look overseas for growth, shrugging off geopolitical tensions, survey finds

20 Jan China convenes Huawei, Tencent, Baidu to draft metaverse standards in bid to become global technology leader

13 Jan China’s video gaming market ended 2023 battered and bruised, but can world-beating titles and innovation save the day?

02 Jan Exclusive | Veteran Chinese video gaming official steps down in wake of market rout linked to proposed rule changes, sources say

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