As E3 2016 is in full swing, Chinese top game developer and publisher NetEase hosted their own game conference today at E3 for the first time. In fact, this is the second game conference NetEase showed this year after its "5•20 press conference" in China where they announced 40 new MMOs. For the overseas market, they've released mobile games in many of the popular game genres including endless runner, MOBA, MMO, SLG, and RPG, such as Speedy Ninja, Tome of Sun, Eternal Arena and March of Heroes.
Still, NetEase is going to pull out all the stops to develop new mobile games in the rest of 2016 and 2017. At E3, they debuted their first Real-Time Strategy (RTS) mobile game called Evercraft in which players can enjoy endless gameplay and meanwhile play very strategically. Not many info has been unveiled so far but Evercraft is planning to launch in the overseas market in the future.Another upcoming mobile MMO game is called Great Voyage. The game is set in the great age of explorers and maritime discovery. In addition to common adventure mechanics, new elements such as chamber of commerce, multiplayer sea battles, and real-time PVP have been added in the game as well.
Not only mobile games, NetEase is also stepping into the huge VR market. Announced at Google I/O 2016, their virtual reality game Twilight Pioneers will be one of the first games to premier on Google's mobile VR platform, Daydream, later this year. Twilight Pioneers is described as “an Action Role Playing Game (ARPG) that incorporates NetEase’s next-generation graphics and advanced production techniques.”
In addition, Andy Anderson, VP of DMG, also made a speech at the conference, talking about IP cooperation as NetEase is developing Terminator 2 mobile game that blends role playing, shooting, racing and action gameplay together.
Riten Huang, NetEase Games NA Game Manager, said in the conference that they are working hard on the location of games as they want to make sure that games are in sync with the preferences of local gamers.
