World of Warcraft, Overwatch 2 and other Blizzard Entertainment games will return to the Chinese market this summer. The company has signed a new publishing agreement with NetEase.

On April 9, NetEase’s share price rose 4.1% to HK$157.5 (US$20) apiece. Shareholders have reacted positively to rumors that NetEase has agreed to re-publish Blizzard Entertainment games in China.

Chinese technology giant NetEase has released a financial report for the fourth quarter and the entire year 2023. The company reported consistently good results from the gaming division.

Blizzard Entertainment and NetEase could sign a new partnership agreement to publish games in China, according to a number of Chinese media. The previous agreement expired almost a year ago.

The morning of December 27th began for Chinese gaming giants Tencent and NetEase with an increase in the value of shares. This is due to the promise of the Chinese authorities to review restrictions affecting the local industry and the issuance of a new batch of licenses for games.

Under the wing of the Chinese company NetEase, a new studio has appeared — Fantastic Pixel Castle. It was headed by former League of Legends MMO executive producer Greg Street.

Hurun Research Institute has compiled the top richest residents of China for January-August 2023. The organization noticed that of the five people who showed the greatest increase in wealth, three are associated with the gaming industry.

NetEase has published a financial report for the second quarter of 2023, which ended on June 30. We look at the company’s indicators.

The Chinese company NetEase has announced the opening of a studio in the USA — T-Minus Zero Entertainment. The new team was headed by an industry veteran with 26 years of experience, Rich Vogel.

A new box office hit has appeared on the Chinese mobile market. The game is called Justice Mobile (逆水寒). According to the analytical platform Diandian, its iOS version earned $23.3 million in the first five days of sales.

In July, the share price of the Chinese company NetEase rose to a record level in 2023, Bloomberg reports. Successful releases of games in China helped in this.

NetEase‘s gaming division is actively growing. The company announced the launch of a new foreign studio — PinCool.

NetEase has published a financial report for the first quarter of 2023. She said that the gaming direction generated most of the company’s revenue.

A Chinese court sided with NetEase in a dispute with Alibaba. He agreed that Alibaba copied 79 elements of the Three Kingdoms Tactics mobile strategy from the Invincible game.

China’s NetEase has announced the launch of another foreign studio — anchorPoint Studios. Her team includes developers Ghost of Tsushima, Red Dead Redemption 2, Control and The Division.

Earlier this week, the media reported that NetEase decided to sue Blizzard Entertainment over the closure of games in China and filed a lawsuit for $43.5 million. Now it turned out that the author of the claim is not NetEase, but a disgruntled Chinese gamer.

The conflict between NetEase and Blizzard Entertainment continues to develop. According to Sina Technology, the Chinese company filed a lawsuit against Blizzard and demanded to pay her ¥300 million or about $ 43.5 million.

Chinese giant NetEase will sue Taiwanese musician Jay Chou. He accused the company of unfair competition and using his image to promote the MMORPG Tian Xia III.

The Chinese company NetEase, apparently, lost the plagiarism trial at Riot Games. On April 10, she will shut down the servers of the Hyper Front game, which was previously accused of copying VALORANT.