NetEase

NetEase, Inc. (simplified Chinese: 网易; traditional Chinese: 網易; pinyin: Wǎng Yì) is a leading China-based Internet technology company founded in 1997 that pioneered the development of applications, services and other technologies for the Internet in China. NetEase is China’s largest e-mail service provider and as of June 30, 2015 has 790 million registered e-mail users and over 10,900 employees.

NetEase has 35+ self-developed and licensed mobile games launched, including the No. 1 grossing game on iOS App Store. NetEase provides online game services to Internet users through the in-house development or licensing of massively multi-player online role-playing games, including Fantasy Westward Journey, Westward Journey Online II, Westward Journey Online III, Tianxia III, Heroes of Tang Dynasty, Datang and Ghost, as well as the licensed games, Blizzard Entertainment’s World of Warcraft and StarCraft II.

History

The company has grown rapidly since its founding in June 1997, thanks in part to its investment in search engine technology and massively multiplayer online gaming. Fantasy Westward Journey, an MMORPG developed internally by NetEase, is an online game in China.