How China is maneuvering into the global gaming markets

MONTREAL — In ways big and small, China is expanding its presence in the global gaming market without interruption. This is surprising in part because the Chinese stock market fell this year, and that hurt the ability to raise easy money.

But this week, Chinese companies showed what they could accomplish even during a so-called downturn. Shanda Games went private in a $1.9 billion transaction in a kind of deal that is increasingly common as publicly traded Chinese companies seek higher valuations in private markets. China’s NetEase, which publishes Blizzard’s World of Warcraft in China, also reported a billion dollars in quarterly revenue for the third quarter ended Sept. 30. It is about to launch a Kung Fu Panda mobile game. Chinese companies are becoming very large on a global scale, as China has become the world’s largest games market, and Chinese companies are showing up in places you wouldn’t expect.