GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 23, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox NetEase has formed yet another new development house in the West, naming it Bad Brain Game Studios. The company will be based out of offices in Toronto and Montreal, although will also support hybrid working for its team. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 29, 2023

NetEase today announced the launch of its new Japanese development studio PinCool. The company is entrusting the new Tokyo studio to representative director and president Ryutaro Ichimura, who has spent much of his more than two decades in the industry working on various projects in the Dragon Quest franchise.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 1, 2023

As reported by Siliconera , the company is based out of Gotanda, Tokyo, and was backed by funding from NetEase. Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Toshinori Aoki and Toshimichi Mori have unveiled their new games firm Studio Flare. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

South China Morning Post reported that Tencent and NetEase were among the companies that received a green light for titles. Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Chinese regulators approved 87 new video game licenses in February. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 30, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Details have emerged about how the 14-year partnership between Blizzard and NetEase broke down earlier this year.

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Code with Mike

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Activision Blizzard and NetEase have announced the end of their licensing agreement, which brings a 14-year relationship to a conclusion. The end of a fruitful partnership The termination of the agreement, which came after talks between two companies for the renewal of the deal broke down, means that gamers in […].

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Nvidia

OCTOBER 4, 2022

We sat down with Dinggen Zhan of NetEase to discuss his team's implementation of path tracing in the popular martial arts game, Justice Online. We sat down with Dinggen Zhan of NetEase to discuss his team’s implementation of path tracing in the popular martial arts game, Justice Online. What is your.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

This is in line with the macroeconomic situation where companies that possess the pricing power are making consumers carry the cost of inflation. Companies typically reduce prices to capture the biggest audience possible. raises $8.4M

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Apex was one of the largest games in the company’s steeply declining mobile portfolio. The franchises of both companies have had a steep fall along with the quick exodus of leaders. The company was in no position to cancel it based on this. read: EA’s acquisition of Glu does not seem to be going according to plan.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 7, 2023

Kress sits down with an executive coach and an investor Niklas Herriger to chat about what it takes for Founders, CEOs, and CTOs to grow their companies from 5 to 100 people. Niklas Herriger is a former founder, whose company Gondola.io, was acquired by Tilting Point in 2019. Gaming Roundup ???????

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

It is, however, possible that Playtika has addressed the impact of ATT ( app tracking transparency ) previously, but it is peculiar that it is not mentioned at all now when the casual part of the portfolio has become the majority in this known social casino games expert company. year-over-year, comprising 54.9% Their stock is down.

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 19, 2022

INVESTING / M&A Metaverse company Infinite Reality will go public through $1.85B SPAC Keywords acquires PR firm LabCom Jagex acquires Gamepires, studio behind Scum Turkish studio Pink Games has $1.2 LOVE IT | MEH | HATE IT Deconstructor of Fun Oy, Jääskentie , Espoo, Finland Unsubscribe

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Game Refinery

JANUARY 5, 2023

BiliBili, a Chinese games and entertainment company, secured the rights to publish a mobile version of Fall Guys shortly after its release, but Mediatonic hasn’t announced any plans to release the game on mobile in the West. Eggy Party (蛋仔派对) by Netease. Eggy Party.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 31, 2020

Tencent Games, the world’s largest video game company, is often misunderstood by outsiders, and even after working on Wild Rift for several years, I have to admit that my understanding of the politics at the leadership level is still cursory at best.

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Game Refinery

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

The IP you’re partnering with has an opportunity to reach all of your players with their brands and align their brand with gaming – a sector that more and more companies are interested in. Developed by Netease, Vikingard is a casual simulation RPG set in the Viking era. Simulation RPG Vikingard collaborates with TV show, Vikings.

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Game Daily

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The decision stems from the end of Blizzard’s ongoing business partnership with Chinese tech giant NetEase, which will not be renewed after the two parties could not come to an agreement this year. ” In a statement, NetEase CEO William Ding seemed to place blame on Activision Blizzard for the inability to reach a deal.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JULY 24, 2023

You might know Playrix as the company that entered market segments dominated by King (Candy Sagas) and Supercell (Hay Day) only to beat both at what they are great at. The company was founded in the city of Vologda, Russia. Petersburg, the company was unable to attract key talent to relocate to Vologda. Source: Data.ai

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GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

NetEase Games has opened another new studio in the West in the form of BulletFarm, and has hired Call of Duty veteran David Vonderhaar to lead the team. BulletFarm is headquartered in Los Angeles but positioned as a remote-first studio, and is already working on a AAA game built in Unreal Engine 5.

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GamesIndustry.biz

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

NetEase has added yet another studio to its development roster with today's unveiling of Worlds Untold, a new studio led by former BioWare developer Mac Walters.

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 27, 2022

We followed the Microsoft-Activision saga, watched Apple’s privacy changes rollout and read about blockchain gaming madness that saw self-proclaimed Web 3 companies pick up massive investments at nosebleed valuations. FTX on the other hand was lavishly funding blockchain gaming while holding assets for some of the companies.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 25, 2023

In Conversation: Riot SVP & League Studio Head Andrei van Roon The Consolidation of Blockchain Gaming The entire world is preparing for a possible economic downturn, and companies are trying to find ways to minimize the negative impact. Didn’t we already talk about it? Gaming Roundup ???????

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 21, 2021

Though the publisher in China was a Tencent portfolio company, which means that no Renminbi went past the parent company. But perhaps the most worrying thing is that this is now the 5th year in a row that Supercell’s revenues declined, and no matter how much we respect and look up to the company you can’t just brush it off.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 22, 2020

For example, NetEase developed Knives Out with a japanese local developer, Garena Free Fire have optimized their game for lower tier devices and have years of experience growing games in south east asia. New entrants will have to go up against Supercell, Tencent, EA, NetEase, and Activision. This is the land of giants. #6

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 20, 2020

If N3TWORK fails to launch anything new in 2020 it is likely that the company will be acquired by a larger publisher. Get deeper: Empires & Puzzles - From a Failing Company to a $700M Acquisition in a Year #3 Diablo will make a (moderate) splash. Having NetEase publish and develop the game unlocks infinite potential.

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JANUARY 31, 2022

The biggest acquisition in the sub-genre happened last year, with Applovin acquiring Machine Zone - the company that made some of the most iconic top-grossing 4X games of all time (Game of War, Modern Strike, Final Fantasy: New Empire). The ones to watch in the space are Tencent, NetEase and, Bytedance.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

The company was originally funded by NetEase, but Snap is published by Nuverse (a subsidiary of ByteDance, of TikTok fame). Although the company behind it ( Second Dinner ) is new, the Marvel Snap team ranks among the most experienced creators of digital CCGs. Many of its members are veterans of Blizzard’s Hearthstone.

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APRIL 25, 2022

By embracing and encouraging gamers’ motivation to collect and to cultivate, the card battling genre has become a proven formula for mobile companies and studios to maximize their revenue. We can find a similar branding effect in the Clash IP from Supercell and the Onmyōji IP from NetEase）.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2022

However, I don’t think any company in the world would just deny a sustainable cash flow in the long run. The company, formed by ex-Meta veterans, has raised a $300m treasure trove to build a new and better Layer1 blockchain purpose built for Web3 gaming. year-on-year Newzoo forecasts game market will shrink 4.3% to $184.4B

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