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NetEase opens game studio in Montreal as part of global expansion

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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NetEase, one of China’s big internet and online game publishers, has launched a new video game studio in Montreal as part of a global expansion.

The company, which publishes Blizzard Entertainment’s World of Warcraft in China, plans to hire local and international talent for this R&D-focused studio in North America. The new studio is one of a number of investments that NetEase has made in the West. It also recently invested in Quantic Dream in France, Behaviour Interactive in Montreal, and Improbable in the United Kingdom.

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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.