The9

...Burning Crusades, the latest version of World of Warcraft. NetEase acquired the license to the popular game after Activision Blizzard (ATVI) dropped its previous China licensee, The9. The regulator demanded, however, that NetEase stop taking...

In this article: NetEase, World of Warcraft, Activision Blizzard, Dow Jones, China, and The Wall Street Journal

...shifts to the Ministry of Culture. World of Warcraft went live in China four years ago. Its move from The9 to NetEase amounts to a literal technicality. It would seem, at first blush then, that the Ministry of Culture has authority here,...

In this article: World of Warcraft, NetEase, China, Ministry of Culture, Iphone, Mmorpg, Sony, Activision Blizzard, Blizzard, and Warcraft

...to develop. When Netease, one of the country's leading internet portals, won the licence formerly held by The9, a smaller gaming operator, to operate Blizzard's World of Warcraft in China, the government delayed approval for the company's...

In this article: China, Revenue, World of Warcraft, Blizzard, NetEase, Beijing, Ministry of Culture, and Joint venture

...licensed massively multiplayer online role-playing games ("MMORPGs") and advanced casual games in China, including World of Warcraft ("WoW"), Soul of The Ultimate Nation, Granado Espada, EA SPORTS FIFA Online 2, and Atlantica. It also...

In this article: World of Warcraft, Blizzard, Plaintiff, Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Defendant, Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins, and New York

...said. The online role-playing game had around five million active users in China, and The9's financial report showed it booked net revenue of 380 million yuan (56 million dollars) in the fourth quarter of 2008, the reports said. NetEase...

In this article: NetEase, World of Warcraft, China, Ministry of Culture, Revenue, and Blizzard

In fact, the lawsuit indicates The9's relations with Blizzard had soured as early as 2007 over its operations of WoW in China, yet maintained everything was fine and that a contract renewal was a foregone conclusion up until early 2009.

In this article: World of Warcraft, China, Revenue, US, and New York