Checkout.com is handling payments for NetEase Games.

Checkout.com teams with NetEase Games on international game payments

Checkout.com, a global payment solution provider, has partnered with NetEase Games, the online games division of NetEase.

With this strategic collaboration, Checkout.com will support NetEase Games’ international payment operations and accelerate its global and commercial expansion.

NetEase Games is a global developer and publisher of video game intellectual property. With this partnership, Checkout.com will provide acquiring for international credit card networks such as VISA and Mastercard, along with optimization solutions to drive payment success rates and improve user experience.

The company will also assist NetEase Games in creating payment pages to enable convenient credit top-ups for international players across a range of NetEase Games.

According to data released by Sensor Tower, in May 2023, 43 Chinese game developers ranked in the top 100 highest-earning global mobile publishers, generating a combined revenue of $2.1 billion.

Brian Sze, head of Asia Pacific at Checkout.com, said in a statement, “We are thrilled to collaborate closely with NetEase Games, one of the global leading game industry leaders. Leveraging our valuable experience in addressing challenges such as fragmented payment methods, and fraud prevention encountered by enterprises in their international expansion, Checkout.com is enabling NetEase Games to achieve worldwide business development and penetration.”

Checkout.com said its modular payments platform is ideal for enterprise businesses looking to seamlessly integrate better payment solutions.

Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat at VentureBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.