News NetEase Games fires two senior execs for alleged money laundering and bribery In an internal memo, the company said it had dismissed nine staff and referred the investigation to police. Nov. 9, 2024 Vikki Blake 5 comments
News Black Myth: Wukong continues its dominance with new milestone Myth the cap fits. Aug. 23, 2024 Vikki Blake 21 comments
News Black Myth: Wukong continues to attract record-breaking numbers of players Black to basics. Aug. 22, 2024 Vikki Blake 55 comments
News Final Fantasy 14 mobile game is approved in China Other games include Rainbow Six Mobile, Dynasty Warriors, and Marvel Rivals. Aug. 3, 2024 Vikki Blake 5 comments
News China seeks to curtail spending in online games Sending Tencent and NetEase shares tumbling by $80bn. Dec. 22, 2023 Tom Phillips 21 comments
News Find out more about Warm Snow, the action roguelike "inspired by Chinese folklore" coming to consoles soon "A strange warm snow refuses to melt and plunges the world into chaos." Oct. 8, 2023 Vikki Blake 9 comments
News NetEase's Blizzard team disbands following collapse of 14-year Chinese deal Staff let go or reassigned. Jan. 16, 2023 Tom Phillips 5 comments
News China green-lights publishing 45 international games The list includes Pokemon Unite, Don't Starve, and Valorant. Dec. 28, 2022 Vikki Blake 6 comments
News China says it's solved youth game addiction Previously described as "spiritual opium". Nov. 23, 2022 Tom Phillips 34 comments
News Tencent is "aggressively seeking" majority stakes in more gaming companies A new strategy will focus on "buying majority stakes mainly in overseas gaming companies". Oct. 2, 2022 Vikki Blake 16 comments
News Chinese government prevents children from tipping streamers, or streaming themselves Part of wider crackdown on livestreaming "chaos". May 9, 2022 Ed Nightingale 19 comments
News China cracks down on livestreams of "unauthorised" games "It still remains to be seen if this will be fully enforced across all games." April 16, 2022 Vikki Blake 16 comments