Blizzard Entertainment games are coming back to mainland China. Following the 2022 breakup, Microsoft and NetEase have entered a new agreement to bring back both old and new titles to the country.
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Marvel and NetEase Games have just announced Marvel Rivals, a new PC team shooter that looks an awful lot like Overwatch. The game will have a closed alpha test sometime in May 2023.
Publisher Netease will release the upcoming Warhammer MMO game, which is being developed by the new game studio Jackalyptic Games. Details about the new MMO have yet to be revealed.
It seems like China has finally started loosening its grip a little on its local tech sector. The country's regulator has finally given NetEase and Tencent permission to publish new paid games again.
Chinese tech giant NetEase Games is acquiring Quantic Dream for an undisclosed amount. The latter is a David Cage-led studio behind popular titles like Heavy Rain and Detroit: Become Human.
China has announced a new rule under which people below the age of 18 can only play video games one hour daily from Friday to Sunday. Real-name registration systems will also be implemented.
Niantic and the Chinese firm NetEase have struck a partnership which will allow games such as Pokémon Go and Ingress to come to China sometime in the future. No launch date has been announced.
Blizzard and its Chinese operator for Overwatch are taking Heroes of Warfare, a mobile game that looks eerily similar to Blizzard's own team-based shooter, to court in China over copyright concerns.
Microsoft subsidiary Mojang has announced a partnership that will see Minecraft Pocket Edition and the PC version launch in China. Details were thin on the ground, with no launch date announced.
