Naraka: Bladepoint goes free-to-play on July 13
NetEase announced at this week’s Naraka Fest event that its PvP action-adventure game Naraka: Bladepoint is not only going free-to-play but is finally coming...
NetEase opens Anchor Point Games in Barcelona and Seattle
NetEase announced today that it is establishing a new studio called Anchor Point Games under the NetEase Games umbrella. Anchor Point’s primary office is...
Nobody wins in Blizzard’s divorce from NetEase in China | The DeanBeat
One of the saddest messages about Blizzard Entertainment’s divorce from NetEase over publishing World of Warcraft and other games in China came from a...
Blizzard suspends service in China as NetEase agreement ends
Blizzard Entertainment announced that it’s suspending game services in China starting early next year. Its licensing agreements with Chinese game publisher NetEase expire on...
NetEase has acquired Detroit: Become Human maker Quantic Dream
Chinese game publisher and internet firm NetEase has agreed to acquire Quantic Dream, the maker of narrative games such as Detroit: Become Human, Beyond:...
Behaviour Interactive is acquiring Midwinter Entertainment
Montreal based Behaviour Interactive is acquiring Seattle based developer Midwinter Entertainment. The Seattle located developer is currently under the umbrella of Improbable, a UK...
Warner Bros. and NetEase will launch Harry Potter: Magic Awakened mobile game in 2022
Warner Bros. Games and NetEase announced today Harry Potter: Magic Awakened, a free-to-play immersive collectible card game (CCG) and massively multiplayer (MMO) wizard dueling...
Theorycraft keeps hiring to build whimsical apocalyptic fantasy world code-named Loki
Theorycraft Games isn’t revealing that much about its game yet, but the studio wants us to know that it’s been hiring some of the...
China’s NetEase buys No More Heroes maker Grasshopper Manufacture
NetEase has agreed to buy Grasshopper Manufacture, the maker of games such No More Heroes, Killer7, and Lollipop Chainsaw. China’s NetEase has been steadily...
AccelByte raises $10M to provide backend services for cross-platform games
AccelByte has raised $10 million in funding to provide backend services for live service games that run across multiple platforms. The Seattle-based company is...