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Report: Chinese Metaverse Industry Raises $780 Million in Funding
5.9.2022
The Chinese metaverse industry has reportedly raised about $780 million in funding and there are expectations this will grow to be a $5.8 trillion industry by 2030. So far there are 160,000 virtual human enterprises in China while 20 provinces or cities in the country are reportedly supporting...
Pokémon Company Sues Six Chinese Companies, Wants Them To Apologize For Making Millions Off Similar Game
1.9.2022
The Pokémon Company has filed a lawsuit against six Chinese companies over a mobile game for “copyright infringement and unfair competition behavior.” It is claiming over $72 million in damages and demanding public apologies on major social media platforms, gaming websites, and app stores....
Diablo Immortal's China Release Delayed Following Social Media Silencing
20.6.2022
Diablo Immortal has been one of the more hotly contested releases of 2022, receiving the lowest ever user score on Metacritic, while simultaneously receiving eight million downloads and making over $24,000,000 in its first two weeks. However, according to a report by Reuters, the announcement of...
Diablo Immortal Is Far Too Good To Be Free
8.6.2022
Last week Blizzard launched Diablo Immortal, the next entry in its long-running, loot-driven action-RPG franchise. However, unlike previous games, this one is free-to-play, and was built from the ground up to be a mobile game first. While it did also come out on PC last week, the reality is this...
New Marvel Card Game From Ex-Hearthstone Devs Plays Fast As Hell
19.5.2022
Announced today, Marvel Snap looks like a chaotic but fun digital trading card game (TCG) featuring popular Marvel heroes and villains. It’s also the next game from some of the key folks behind Blizzard’s popular digital card game Hearthstone, who left to form their own studio a few years back....
The Ways Shanghai's Food Crisis Is Impacting Chinese Game Devs
15.4.2022
For the past few days, Genshin Impact players have been speculating about how extended lockdowns and food crises in Shanghai have been affecting the game’s development. The promised teapot event was never released, and the Serenitea housing system has been in extended maintenance mode since...
The Chinese Gaming Industry Is About To Start Moving Again After Devastating Nine-Month Freeze
11.4.2022
After a nine-month hiatus that put the Chinese games industry on edge, China’s culture regulators have finally started issuing new approvals for domestic games so they can be published within the country.Read more
Yakuza Creator Toshihiro Nagoshi Won't Be Making Smartphone Games
15.2.2022
After leaving Sega, Toshihiro Nagoshi set up a new studio called Nagoshi Studio in Tokyo. Earlier this year, NetEase Games described the wholly-owned subsidiary’s M.O., stating it “develops high-end titles for worldwide release, with a primary focus on the console software business.”Read more
What's Old Is New Again
7.2.2022
Nicodemus Yang-Mattisson is an artist at Netease, and has been working in the video game business for almost twenty years now, on projects as varied as Gravity Rush, Crackdown 3 and Forza.Read more
Harry Potter RPG 'Accidentally' Added Popular Hentai Porn Expression
18.11.2021
Harry Potter: Magic Awakened, a card-based RPG for mobile devices and PC that’s only available in Eastern countries for now, is really popular in China. However, the game is currently attracting attention not for its incredibly successful launch, but for a hilariously unfortunate “bug” that’s...
NetEase Games Acquires Goichi Suda's Grasshopper Manufacture
22.10.2021
Founded in 1998 by Goichi Suda, Grasshopper Manufacture is best known for games like Killer 7, Lollipop Chainsaw, and No More Heroes. Today, the studio announced it is being acquired by Chinese conglomerate NetEase Games. Read more
Čínský NetEase koupil tvůrce No More Heroes
22.10.2021
Čínský NetEase koupil tvůrce No More Heroes
22.10.2021
Změna zákona o hraní stála čínské společnosti už více než bilion korun
19.9.2021
Nedávná změna čínského zákona, která omezuje hraní online her nezletilých na pouhé tři hodiny týdně, má pro tamní technologické společnosti obrovské dopady. Jejich hodnota se během několika málo dnů propadla až o desetinu
Chinese Gaming Giants Lose Eight Bethesdas In Value Amid Government Crackdown
9.9.2021
Bloomberg reports that the value of China’s largest gaming companies, Tencent and NetEase, plummeted dramatically during an overnight stock selloff, resulting in losses totaling more than $60 billion between the two. To put that in perspective, that’s about eight times what Microsoft spent...
Yakuza Director & Jet Set Radio Artist Is Back At Sega
7.9.2021
I’m not normally someone to dwell on personnel changes at video game studios, but this isn’t your everyday career change: Ryuta Ueda, who while at Sega served as Art Director on both Jet Set Radio titles, has announced his return to the company almost a decade after he left.Read more
Chinese Kids Have Their Online Gaming Time Slashed By New Government Rules
31.8.2021
A new rule being introduced by the The National Press and Publication Administration (NPPA), China’s online watchdog, is looking to curb what the government feels is a growing “gaming addiction among young people”.Read more
Tvůrce Yakuzy zřejmě přejde ze Segy do čínského NetEase
30.8.2021
Report: Yakuza Creator Toshihiro Nagoshi Leaving Sega To Join NetEase
30.8.2021
Veteran developer Toshihiro Nagoshi, of Sega Rally, Monkey Ball and Yakuza fame, is in the final stages of negotiating a contract to leave Sega and join Chinese company NetEase, according to a report on Bloomberg.Read more
Video Games Are "Spiritual Opium," Says Chinese Government-Owned Media
3.8.2021
Tencent stock fell as much as 11 percent today after a Chinese economic paper blasted gaming, referring to it as “spiritual opium” and “electronic drugs.”Read more