NetEase
Tencent, NetEase rethink Japan approach as game strategy stalls
TENCENT Holdings and NetEase are reconsidering or scaling back many of their investments in Japanese studios, after years of spending yielded few hit games and the Chinese market staged a comeback.
Market rout shows regulating China’s video gaming is no child’s play
VIDEO gaming-related companies in China tumbled ahead of the Christmas weekend, after authorities signalled a clampdown on online games.
Tencent, NetEase bounce back after Beijing softens gaming stance
TENCENT Holdings leapt almost 4 per cent after Beijing signalled a willingness to soften proposed gaming restrictions, reassuring investors bracing for renewed curbs on the world’s largest mobile aren...
Tencent turns to ByteDance in gaming showdown with NetEase
TENCENT Holdings is relying on one-time bitter rival ByteDance to promote its most important video game release in years, in a sign of warming relations as well as intensifying competition as China’s ...
Tencent launches party game ‘DreamStar’, analysts say poses a threat to NetEase
CHINESE tech giant Tencent Holdings on Friday (Dec 15) launched DreamStar, a new party game that has been widely anticipated by users and pegged by analysts to pose a threat to domestic arch rival Net...
Tencent game threat seen overdone in NetEase’s US$8 billion sell-off
THE US$8 billion wipeout in NetEase’s market value over the past three weeks on concerns of competition from a new Tencent Holdings game ignores the company’s strong market position in China.
NetEase’s 85% stock comeback defies China’s slowdown
A SLEW of recent blockbuster video game hits by NetEase is giving bulls renewed optimism that the firm’s 85 per cent rally since an October low has more room to run.
Alibaba unit ordered to pay NetEase US$7.2 million over game copyright violation
A Chinese court has ordered an Alibaba Group unit that developed the hit mobile game Three Kingdoms Tactics to pay NetEase 50 million yuan (S$9.5 million) in compensation over copyright infringement, ...
Chinese firms join global craze for developing ChatGPT-style technology
THE global buzz around Microsoft-backed OpenAI’s ChatGPT has spread to China, shoring up stocks in artificial intelligence (AI) related firms and prompting a flurry of local companies to announce riva...
China to import 27 new video games, including Tencent, NetEase titles
CHINA’S online gaming regulator on Monday (Mar 20) granted licences to 27 foreign games in March, including titles to be published by Tencent Holdings, NetEase and Bilibili.
