Marvel Rivals Season 2 is here: Check key patch note updatesThe patch notes for Season 2 of Marvel Rivals were released on April 8, listing several key changes to gameplay as well as some major fixes...
11 Apr, 2025, 11.09 PM IST
Marvel Rivals achieves success, yet developers face unexpected layoffs as NetEase cuts jobsSeveral Marvel Rivals developers, including the game director, have reportedly been laid off despite the game’s strong performance on Steam...
19 Feb, 2025, 10.02 PM IST
Microsoft, NetEase to relaunch Warcraft game in China, ending feudThe two companies said in press release on Wednesday that they are working to bring games developed by Blizzard Entertainment, a subsidiary...
10 Apr, 2024, 08.44 AM IST
China to curb gaming spend; Tencent, NetEase plungeThe new rules, which will effectively set spending limits for online games, sparked panic among investors, wiping off nearly $80 billion in...
22 Dec, 2023, 05.45 PM IST
Tencent, NetEase lose $80 billion in m-cap on China's move to curb gaming spendShares in Tencent Holdings, the world's biggest gaming company, tumbled as much as 16% at one point, while those of its closest rival, NetE...
22 Dec, 2023, 05.26 PM IST
Tencent turns to ByteDance in gaming showdown with NetEaseTencent released on Friday mobile party game "DreamStar" that it hopes to challenge "Eggy Party", a similar offering from NetEase which has...
18 Dec, 2023, 11.56 AM IST
US renews audit inspection of China firms: ReportThe inspection, part of an agreement signed last year, comes amid rising tensions between the United States and China, including U.S. consi...
07 Jul, 2023, 08.33 AM IST
China to import 27 new video games, including Tencent, NetEase titlesThis marks the second batch of foreign online games to receive publishing licences in China, just three months after the regulator approved...
20 Mar, 2023, 05.16 PM IST
China approves 87 new video games including titles by Tencent and AlibabaShenzhen-based Tencent, the world's largest gaming company, received at least one game licence for a mobile game named "Wangzhewanxiangqi",...
10 Feb, 2023, 07.09 PM IST
China's video game makers come in from the cold as crackdown easesBeijing's tough curbs in 2021 laid waste to the once-booming industry, shaving over half of the market value of sector leaders like Tencent...
20 Jan, 2023, 01.32 PM IST
Activision Blizzard says NetEase rejects proposal to extend partnershipActivision Blizzard Inc, the U.S. video game developer behind hit franchise Warcraft, on Tuesday said its Chinese publisher NetEase Inc had...
17 Jan, 2023, 01.52 PM IST
China's Tencent wins first game licence in 18 monthsChina's gaming regulator, the National Press and Publication Administration, on Thursday said it had approved 70 new titles in November inc...
18 Nov, 2022, 02.21 PM IST
NetEase delays Diablo Immortal's China launch, shares tumbleChina-based NetEase, which was set to release the game on Thursday, did not provide a new launch date, but said on Sunday it wanted to make...
20 Jun, 2022, 11.41 AM IST
NetEase's Cloud Music sues Tencent Music, claims unfair competitionThe move is the latest development in a long-running rivalry between the two Chinese tech giants who are vying to add users and sign popula...
27 Apr, 2022, 09.30 AM IST
China ends gaming approval freeze, grants first licenses since July last yearChinese regulators stopped approving game monetisation licences in July last year, impacting heavily the likes of industry giant Tencent Ho...
12 Apr, 2022, 09.56 AM IST
Chinese gaming stocks tumble after regulators summon firmsThe tighter gaming regulations come as China has conducted a broader crackdown on a wide range of sectors including tech, education and pro...
09 Sep, 2021, 10.10 AM IST
E-commerce giant JD raises $3.9 bn in Hong Kong listingFellow Chinese tech giant NetEase raised $2.7 billion in the city earlier this month.
12 Jun, 2020, 11.49 AM IST