NetEase
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NetEase
Company Information
Founded:
June 1997
Headquarters:
GuangzhouKey People:
Ding Lei (Founder)
Qiu Shan Ge (CEO)[1]
Qiu Shan Ge (CEO)[1]
Focus:
IT company
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NetEase is a Chinese IT company who is Blizzard Entertainment's publisher and business operator in Mainland China[2]. They operate a special client for Warcraft III in China that features a ladder system, observer mode. [3]
In recent years (since late 2015[4]), NetEase has been an incredibly important staple of the competitive Warcraft III scene hosting the Warcraft Gold League in China and having international qualifiers.
The official platform has been launched on November 5th, 2015 - 18:00 CST[5]. Activision-Blizzard announced they were ending their publishing relationship with Netease on November 16, 2022.[6] NetEase shut down on January 24, 2023 - 0:00 CST[7] They have since renewed their agreement, bringing titles back to China. [8]
References
[edit]- ↑ Wikipedia article
- ↑ https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/blizzard-entertainment-and-netease-renew-operation-agreement-in-china-300334553.html
- ↑ http://dz.blizzard.cn/
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20151025011531/http://dz.163.com/
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20151127014122/http://dz.163.com:80/news
- ↑ https://investor.activision.com/news-releases/news-release-details/blizzard-entertainment-and-netease-suspending-game-services Blizzard Entertainment and NetEase Suspending Game Services in China
- ↑ NetEase shutdown
- ↑ https://ir.netease.com/news-releases/news-release-details/blizzard-entertainment-and-netease-renew-agreement-bring-beloved Blizzard Entertainment and NetEase Renew Agreement to Bring Beloved Titles Back to China; Microsoft Gaming, NetEase Enter Broader Collaboration