NetDragon Websoft
NetDragon Websoft is a Chinese company that develops and operates massively multiplayer online games in addition to making mobile applications. The company debuted its first product in 2002.
| SEHK: 777 | |
| Genre | massively multiplayer online games |
| Founded | May 1999 |
| Headquarters | , China |
Number of employees | 3300 (in 2014) |
| Subsidiaries | JumpStart Games |
| Website | http://ir.netdragon.com/ |
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| Simplified Chinese | 福建网龙计算机网络信息技术有限公司 | ||||||
| Literal meaning | NetDragon (Fujian) Computer Network Information Technology Co Ltd | ||||||
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Some self-developed games it operates in China are based on Western IP, such as properties of Disney, Electronic Arts, and Ubisoft. Other games based on its own IP are distributed in CIS nations, the Middle East, North Africa, Portugal, Russia, and Vietnam, etc. 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. NetDragon had differentiated itself by eschewing selling apps through the distribution channels of others, instead creating its own; in essence making consumers download a separate app to download their apps, allowing them exposure to other Netdragon offerings in the process.
The company headquarters, completed in 2014, garnered media attention for being inspired by Star Trek.