NetEase
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NetEase
Company Information
Focus:
IT company
Founded:
June 1997
Key People:
Ding Lei (founder)
Qiu Shan Ge (CEO)[1]
Qiu Shan Ge (CEO)[1]
Links
NetEase is a Chinese IT company who is Blizzard Entertainment's publisher and business operator in Mainland China[2]. They operate a special client for Warcraft III in China that features a ladder system, observer mode. [3]
In recent years (since late 2015[4]), NetEase has been an incredibly important staple of the competitive Warcraft III scene hosting the Warcraft Gold League in China and having international qualifiers.
The official platform has been launched on November 5th, 2015 - 18:00 CST[5].
NetEase will shut down on January 24, 2023 - 0:00 CST[6]
References[edit]
- ↑ Wikipedia article
- ↑ https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/blizzard-entertainment-and-netease-renew-operation-agreement-in-china-300334553.html
- ↑ http://dz.blizzard.cn/
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20151025011531/http://dz.163.com/
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20151127014122/http://dz.163.com:80/news
- ↑ NetEase shutdown