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China’s NetEase will take Minecraft into China on mobile devices and PCs

It took a long time to happen, but Minecraft is finally making it to China. Microsoft and its Mojang division have partnered with China’s NetEase to take the block-building game into the Chinese market on mobile devices and PCs.

As part of the deal, Mojang will develop a version of Minecraft tailored for the Chinese market and release it in partnership with NetEase. Minecraft is a world-renowned sandbox game that has sold more than 100 million units. Minecraft officially launched in 2011, and has received numerous global awards and accolades. The question is why it took so long to get to the world’s largest gaming market.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. 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.