Chinese Regulatory Agency Drafts New Measures To Limit Play Time And Player Spending

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Last week, the Chinese government drafted new measures to limit the time that its citizens can spend playing online games while also prohibiting login events and capping spending on microtransactions, with a particular focus on gacha rolls and lootboxes. The law was drafted by the Chinese National Press and Publication Administration. The goal is to curb “excessive spending” on online [...]

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NetEase Sues Blizzard Entertainment In China Over Failed Licensing Agreement

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NetEase and Blizzard’s feud has gone beyond destroying statues and personal attacks between its executives as the former takes the latter to court in China, suing Blizzard Entertainment for violating their licensing agreements. In a Shanghai court, NetEase is seeking a whopping $43 million in compensation for prepayments, unsold inventory, and consumer refunds related to Blizzard's now-defunct MMOs. They're also [...]

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Drama Ensues Over The End Of Blizzard And NetEase’s Publishing Partnership

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Blizzard Entertainment and NetEase’s long-running partnership to publish World of Warcraft and other Blizzard titles in China will officially be coming to an end this Monday. Normally, the end of a publishing deal doesn’t merit a lot, but there seems to be a whole lot of drama surrounding the dissolution of this particular deal as both companies lay the blame [...]

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NetEase Lays Off Hundreds Of Employees Handling Blizzard Games In China

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NetEase has laid off nearly a hundred employees of its affiliate Shanghai EaseNet Network Technology following disagreements with Blizzard Entertainment that led to the end of its publishing partnership with the American video game company in the country. According to The South China Morning Post (via Kotaku), the Chinese tech giant recently disbanded the team handling Blizzard games at the [...]

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Blizzard To Shut Down Multiple Titles In China After Failed Licensing Deal With NetEase

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Blizzard Entertainment will be suspending nearly all of their game services in China after failing to negotiate a new licensing deal with their Chinese publisher NetEase. The partnership between the two companies will officially be coming to an end in January 2023 and unless Blizzard can broker a new deal by that time or find a new publishing partner in [...]

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NetEase Acquires Detroit: Become Human Developer Quantic Dream

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Chinese video game and technology company NetEase has acquired another video game developer to add to its growing list of subsidiaries. The latest addition to the NetEase family is Paris-based developer Quantic Dream, the studio behind the smash hit sci-fi action adventure game Detroit: Become Human. NetEase has apparently been investing in the studio for the past few years and [...]

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Blizzard And NetEase Cancel Warcraft Mobile Game Over Financing Dispute

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Blizzard Entertainment has reportedly canceled a World of Warcraft mobile MMORPG codenamed Neptune due to a financing dispute with NetEase. Before you panic, the canceled game isn’t a direct port of the classic MMORPG but rather a spinoff set in a different time period. It also isn’t the mobile strategy title Warcraft Arclight Rumble which is still in development, nor [...]

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NetEase Announces New Games And Release Window For Harry Potter CCG

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Chinese video game publisher, NetEase, has dropped a whole host of announcements during their recently-concluded annual NetEase Connect showcase. These include new games, events, and major updates on both PC and mobile. On top of the list is the online multiplayer collectible card game, Harry Potter: Magic Awakened, which just got a launch window along with a brand new trailer. [...]

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