NetEase.com Posts Higher Internet Game Revenues In China

Chinese online media company NetEase.com Inc. announced its unaudited financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2010.

China’s The9 Signs IPTV Game Agreement With Disney

Chinese online game developer and operator The9 has announced that it has reached an agreement with Walt Disney Company (Shanghai) to distribute game contents that include Disney cartoon characters on the Chinese mainland.

Chinese Govt To Promote Parental Supervision Project In Online Game Industry

Eight Chinese administrations, including the Ministry of Culture, Central Civilization Office, and the Ministry of Education, have jointly issued an implementation plan to launch a new project to enable parents to supervise their children who play online games.

Japanese Mobile Phone Gaming Platform To Enter China Next Month

DeNA, Japan’s leading mobile phone gaming company, plans to enter the Chinese market in late February 2011 by introducing a gaming application software platform in China.

Shanda’s Mochi Media Warns Tencent About Game Infringement

Mochi Media, a Flash game development platform owned by Shanda Games, has issued an open letter, claiming that the Chinese Internet company Tencent has pirated its games.

Linekong Acquires 3D Game Studio In Chengdu

Chinese online game developer and operator Linekong has announced that it has acquired the Chengdu-based 3D game studio named Wushuang, and will start the beta test of a new online game, Unparalleled Devil, on January 14, 2011.

The9 Tries Mobile Internet Investing To Revitalize Its China Business

Months after reporting sliding revenues and losing valuable relationships, Chinese online game company The9 is trying to rejuvenate itself via a deal to invest in mobile startups.

Xinhua News Agency, Shanda Sign Strategic Cooperation Agreement

China’s Xinhua News Agency and Shanda Interactive Entertainment Limited have signed a comprehensive strategic cooperation framework agreement for media cooperation.

Rumor: Shanda To Cut Over 400 Employees In China

According to rumor spreads on the Chinese Internet, Shanda Interactive Entertainment Limited, a top interactive entertainment media and online game company in China, plans to cut over 400 employees.

Game Over: The9 Loses Online Game In China

Chinese online game operator The9 Limited is ending operations for one of its games.

China’s Giant Forms New Subsidiary

Chinese Internet company Giant Interactive Group has confirmed a new internal reform of its marketing department will become an independent company named Juxin Network.

Revenue Declines For Shanda Games’ Online Fun In China

Chinese online game developer and publisher Shanda Games Limited today announced its unaudited consolidated financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2010.

Shanda Open Platform Reaches Cooperation With Sina Microblog

Shanda Open Platform and Sina.com’s microblog service have reached a cooperation agreement to implant the various gaming applications of Shanda Open Platform into the microblog sector of Sina.com.

NetEase.com Says Almost All Of Its China Revenue Derived From Online Games

Chinese Internet portal and online game service provider NetEase.com Inc. announced its unaudited financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2010.

The9 Plans To Introduce OpenFeint Into China

Chinese online gaming firm The9 has announced that it plans to introduce the game-oriented social networking site OpenFeint into the Chinese market before the end of 2010.

Sohu Posts Growing Online Media Revenues In China

Chinese online media company Sohu.com Inc. today reported its unaudited financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2010, and showed total revenues were USD164.1 million, up 20% year-on-year, and 12% quarter-over-quarter.

Online Game Revenues Rise In China For Changyou.com

Chinese online game developer Changyou.com Limited today announced its unaudited financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2010.

Shanda’s Mochimedia.com Signs Agreement With 4399.com

Shanda Games’ small leisure game subsidiary Mochimedia.com has signed an agreement with 4399.com, a Chinese small game platform, making the latter its first Chinese major channel provider since its entry into the Chinese market.

Shanda’s China Game Revenue Falls

Chinese online game company Shanda Interactive Entertainment Limited announced its unaudited consolidated financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2010, and showed its game revenue dropped.

New WoW Game Expansion To Be Launched In China On August 31

U.S.-based Blizzard Entertainment and NetEase.com, the licensed operator for Blizzard’s massively multiplayer online role-playing game World of Warcraft on the Chinese mainland, have jointly announced that the new WoW expansion, Wrath of the Lich King, will be formally launched on the Chinese mainland on August 31, 2010.

Bad News From Chinese Internet Game Firm The9

There was bad news from Chinese online game developer The9 Limited as it announced its unaudited financial results for the quarters ended March 31 and June 30, 2010, respectively.

NetEase.com Records Larger Revenue From Internet Games In China

Chinese Internet and online game firm NetEase.com Inc. says its total revenues for the second quarter of 2010 was CNY1.3 billion as it announced its unaudited financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2010.

Giant Interactive Posts Online Game Financial Results For China

Chinese online game developer Giant Interactive Group Inc. announced its unaudited financial results for the second fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2010.

The9 To Operate Sony’s Online Game On Chinese Mainland

Chinese online game developer and operator The9 has reached a strategic partnership with Sony Online Entertainment and will become the exclusive operator for SOE’s 3D leisure community online game “Free Realms” on the Chinese mainland.

Shanda Games Launches Outsourcing Platform

Chinese online game developer and operator Shanda Games has launched a new outsourcing platform, and it started to accept qualification applications of outsourcing vendors from July 23, 2010.

Sohu.com Reports Higher Internet Advertising Revenue, But Drop In Wireless Services

Chinese online services company Sohu.com Inc. today reported unaudited financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2010.

Ministry Of Culture Issues Chinese Rules For Internet Games

To ensure an efficient management of the online games industry and make sure prominent problems of the industry are solved, China’s Ministry of Culture has issued a provisional measure on the management of online games.

Hurray To Sell Chinese Music, Wireless Value-added Businesses To Shanda

Hurray, a subsidiary of the Chinese media and game company Shanda Interactive Entertainment Limited, has announced that it will sell its music and wireless value-added businesses to the parent company.