NetDragon Websoft

NetDragon Websoft
SEHK777
Genremassively multiplayer online games[1]
FoundedMay 1999 (1999-05)[1]
Headquarters,
China
Number of employees
3300 (in 2014) [3]
SubsidiariesJumpStart Games
Websitehttp://ir.netdragon.com/
NetDragon Websoft
Simplified Chinese福建网龙计算机网络信息技术有限公司
Literal meaningNetDragon (Fujian) Computer Network Information Technology Co Ltd
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinFújiàn wǎng lóng jìsuànjī wǎngluò xìnxī jìshù yǒuxiàn gōngsī

NetDragon Websoft is a Chinese company that develops and operates massively multiplayer online games in addition to making mobile applications.[1] The company debuted its first product in 2002.[1]

Some self-developed games it operates in China are based on Western IP, such as properties of Disney, Electronic Arts, and Ubisoft.[4] Other games based on its own IP are distributed in CIS nations, the Middle East, North Africa, Portugal, Russia, and Vietnam, etc.[5] Some games are also available in English.

Prior to selling this side of the business to Baidu, the company created a mobile phone app store stocked with self-created games and applications.[citation needed] NetDragon had differentiated itself by eschewing selling apps through the distribution channels of others, instead creating its own;[6] in essence making consumers download a separate app to download their apps, allowing them exposure to other Netdragon offerings in the process.[citation needed]

The company headquarters, completed in 2014, garnered media attention for being inspired by Star Trek.[7]

  1. ^ a b c d "Company Overview". Netdragon Websoft Inc. Retrieved June 6, 2012.
  2. ^ "FAQ". Netdragon Websoft Inc. Retrieved June 6, 2012.
  3. ^ "FAQ". Netdragon Websoft Inc. Retrieved May 26, 2015.
  4. ^ For games based on Electronic Arts IP, see both "NetDragon Enters into Agreement with EA to Develop New Online Game -- Dungeon Keeper Online". Electronic Arts. December 1, 2008. Retrieved June 6, 2012. AND Alexander, Leigh (July 23, 2009). "EA, NetDragon Partner On Chinese Ultima Online". gamasutra.com. UBM TechWeb. Retrieved June 6, 2012.
  5. ^ For Middle East and North Africa, see "NetDragon Sets the Bar for Arabic-language Region's Online Gaming Market." China Weekly News. NewsRX. 2011. HighBeam Research. 24 May. 2014
    • For Russia and CIS nations, see "NetDragon's 'Eudemons Online' Headed for Russia." China Weekly News. NewsRX. 2009. HighBeam Research. 24 May. 2014
    • For Indonesia, Malaysia, and Portugal, see "NetDragon Launches English Expansion Pack for Eudemons Online - 'The Divine Path'." Science Letter. NewsRX. 2009. HighBeam Research. 24 May. 2014
  6. ^ "NetDragon Websoft : mobile gaming is booming". L’Atelier. L’Atelier BNP Paribas. November 26, 2012. Retrieved January 7, 2013.
  7. ^ "Chinese Firm's Headquarters Shaped Like 'Star Trek's' Enterprise". Wall Street Journal. 2015-05-25. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2023-10-14.