![]() ![]() In August 2022, Something Wicked Games founder Jeff Gardiner announced that NetEase had invested $13.2 Million in the studio. After this, the studio will become a subsidiary part of its parent company and will help NetEase objective to have more console game releases. In August 2022, NetEase announced the acquisition of Quantic Dream after the 2019 minority investment done in the company. In July 2022, Polish VR studio Something Random announced that it had received an investment from NetEase. In July 2022, NetEase announced the establishment of a new studio, Jar Of Sparks, led by former 343 Industries employee Jerry Hook Toshihiro Nagoshi, Daisuke Sato, along with their former Sega employees established a new studio called Nagoshi Studio, which will also be a part of their subsidiary. They will work on PC and console games and operate independently from NetEase. It is called Jackalope Games, and is led by Jack Emmert, a veteran of massively multiplayer online role-playing games who worked on titles including City of Heroes, Neverwinter, Star Trek Online, and DC Universe Online. In May 2022, NetEase opened its first US studio in Austin, Texas. NetEase acquired Grasshopper Manufacture from GungHo Online Entertainment in October 2021, incorporating the developer within their NetEase Games division. In June 2020 NetEase established a Japanese studio called "Sakura Studio" to develop next-generation console games. In 2019 NetEase obtained a minority stake in Quantic Dream for an undisclosed investment. In December of the same year NetEase invested in New Zealand developer A44 (Formally known as Aurora 44), and it sold its comics business to Bilibili. In 2018 NetEase invested US$100 million into Bungie for a minority stake in the company and a seat on its board of directors. In January 2020, NetEase discussed secondary listings with the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing. NetEase launched their first Western Headquarters in August 2014, bringing one of the largest tech companies in China to the US. In 2022, Riot Games sued NetEase over alleged copyright violation concerning Riot Game's Valorant. The company also operates a news website at along with an associated app. ![]() In addition to 163.com, the company also runs 188.com, 126.com and more. NetEase is the largest provider of free e-mail services in China with more than 940 million users as of 2017. This was attributed to the past when Chinese internet users had to dial "163" to connect to the internet, before the availability of broadband internet. NetEase's official website address is 163.com. In 2010 the site was the 28th most visited site in the world according to Alexa's internet rankings. In 2008, the 163.com domain attracted at least 1.8 million visitors annually by 2008 according to a survey. Įarly in the company's history, top executives quit amid possible ad revenue misreporting and buy-out talks with i-Cable Communications and others were reported. In 2012 the company's official English name was changed from, Inc to NetEase, Inc. ![]() The company was founded in June 1997 by Chinese entrepreneur Ding Lei, and grew rapidly due in part to its investment in search engine technology. NetEase also partnered with Blizzard to operate Chinese versions of their games, such as World of Warcraft, StarCraft II, and Overwatch from 2008 to 2023. ![]() NetEase video games include, the Westward Journey series, Tianxia III, Heroes of Tang Dynasty Zero, Ghost II, Nostos and Onmyoji. NetEase has an on-demand music-streaming service ( NetEase Music). It is one of the largest Internet and video game companies in the world. NetEase develops and operates online PC and mobile games, advertising services, email services, and e-commerce platforms in China. The company was founded in 1997 by Ding Lei. ( simplified Chinese: 网易 traditional Chinese: 網易 pinyin: WǎngYì) is a Chinese Internet technology company providing online services centered on content, community, communications, and commerce. NetEase Games (Interactive Entertainment) ![]()
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