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NVIDIA Digital Human Technologies Bring AI Characters to Life

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Monday, March 18, 2024

“NVIDIA offers developers a world-class set of AI-powered technologies for digital human creation,” said John Spitzer, vice president of developer and performance technologies at NVIDIA.

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  • “NVIDIA offers developers a world-class set of AI-powered technologies for digital human creation,” said John Spitzer, vice president of developer and performance technologies at NVIDIA.
  • “These technologies may power the complex animations and conversational speech required to make digital interactions feel real.”
    The digital human technologies suite includes language, speech, animation and graphics powered by AI:
    NVIDIA ACE — technologies that help developers bring digital humans to life with facial animation powered by NVIDIA Audio2Face ™ and speech powered by NVIDIA Riva automatic speech recognition (ASR) and text-to-speech (TTS).
  • To showcase the new capabilities of its digital human technologies, NVIDIA worked across industries with leading developers, such as Hippocratic AI, Inworld AI and UneeQ, on a series of new demonstrations.
  • For GTC, NVIDIA collaborated with Hippocratic AI to extend its solution to use NVIDIA ACE microservices, NVIDIA Audio2Face along with NVIDIA Animation graph and NVIDIA Omniverse™ Streamer Client to show the potential of a generative AI healthcare agent avatar.

With 2 Million Pre-registrations, the Fast-Paced Meme Trading Card Game "Cards Ahoy!" is Officially Live Worldwide

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Wednesday, March 27, 2024

", developed by Metalist Game, has arrived worldwide and is available now to download and free to play on iOS and Android.

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  • ", developed by Metalist Game, has arrived worldwide and is available now to download and free to play on iOS and Android.
  • During the testing phase, the game already sparked enthusiastic responses across multiple social platforms, including YouTube, Twitter, and Discord.
  • The surge of related live streams, tutorial videos, and game activation code trading further attested to the passion within its player community.
  • These seasoned developers integrated classic elements from card games such as Marvel Duel, Hearthstone, and Onmyoji, enriching "Cards Ahoy!"

NetEase Experts Spotlight Cutting-Edge Game Technology at GDC 2024

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Monday, March 18, 2024

HANGZHOU, China, March 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- NetEase, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTES and HKEX: 9999, "NetEase" or the "Company"), one of China's leading internet and online game services providers, today announced that the Company will be featured in multiple sessions to share trail-blazing game development expertise at the 2024 Game Developers Conference (GDC).

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  • HANGZHOU, China, March 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- NetEase, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTES and HKEX: 9999, "NetEase" or the "Company"), one of China's leading internet and online game services providers, today announced that the Company will be featured in multiple sessions to share trail-blazing game development expertise at the 2024 Game Developers Conference (GDC).
  • NetEase presentations will be hosted by its technical experts, top designers and artists.
  • Attendees are encouraged to join NetEase experts as they will cover a range of topics related to game development, operation, art design, and user experience improvement.
  • NetEase developers will also join a panel of experts at the GDC Machine Learning Summit to share their insights.

"Cards Ahoy!" x "NARAKA": The First Shot of Chain Game Revival with a 90% Retention Rate

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Friday, March 15, 2024

In this early stage of the bull market, a blockbuster game with a retention rate as high as 90% was born — "Cards Ahoy!".

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  • In this early stage of the bull market, a blockbuster game with a retention rate as high as 90% was born — "Cards Ahoy!".
  • is a Web3 card game developed by the seasoned team at Metalist Game.
  • comprises developers from major gaming companies such as NetEase, Ubisoft, Blizzard, and Riot Games, providing robust technical and creative backing.
  • The game achieved nearly 180,000 hours of online playtime, with over 40 million collisions, and a ten-day retention rate of 47%.

Cloud Music Inc. Reports Fiscal Year 2023 Financial Results

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Thursday, February 29, 2024

Apart from top-tier music content, we focused on our most advantageous music genres, such as hip-hop, fuelled by our initiatives in both copyrighted content and original music.

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  • Apart from top-tier music content, we focused on our most advantageous music genres, such as hip-hop, fuelled by our initiatives in both copyrighted content and original music.
  • We also collaborated with our partners like Pepsi to launch annual music festivals and resumed campus tour music festivals, nurturing NetEase Cloud Music musicians.
  • In September 2023, we launched "Project Cloud Ladder 2023 – Phase 2"(云梯计划2023第二期) and introduced the new "Appreciation (赞赏)" feature for tipping.
  • Our in-house studios have recently launched several special music projects, aiming at producing and promoting in-house music, covering band music, hip-hop, R&B, pure music, as well as film music.

NetEase Announces Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2023 Unaudited Financial Results

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Thursday, February 29, 2024

HANGZHOU, China, Feb. 29, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- NetEase, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTES and HKEX: 9999, "NetEase" or the "Company"), a leading internet and game services provider, today announced its unaudited financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2023.

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  • HANGZHOU, China, Feb. 29, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- NetEase, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTES and HKEX: 9999, "NetEase" or the "Company"), a leading internet and game services provider, today announced its unaudited financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2023.
  • Net revenues from Youdao were RMB1.5 billion (US$208.5 million) for the fourth quarter of 2023, compared with RMB1.5 billion each for the preceding quarter and the fourth quarter of 2022.
  • Gross profit for the fourth quarter of 2023 was RMB16.8 billion (US$2.4 billion), compared with RMB17.0 billion and RMB13.2 billion for the preceding quarter and the fourth quarter of 2022, respectively.
  • Gross profit margin for Youdao for the fourth quarter of 2023 was 49.9%, compared with 55.9% and 53.3% for the preceding quarter and the fourth quarter of 2022, respectively.

Eggy Party Launches Globally on February 23 alongside the New Stellar Encounter Season

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Thursday, February 22, 2024

GUANGZHOU, China, Feb. 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- NetEase Games is proud to announce that its multiplayer party game Eggy Party will have its global launch on February 23, 2024, bringing the Eggies to more countries than ever before.

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  • GUANGZHOU, China, Feb. 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- NetEase Games is proud to announce that its multiplayer party game Eggy Party will have its global launch on February 23, 2024, bringing the Eggies to more countries than ever before.
  • Eggy Party is an engaging multiplayer party game for mobile devices where you compete with friends to overcome obstacles and survive thrilling minigames, aiming to be the last one standing.
  • Eggy Party will launch globally on Android & iOS devices on February 23, 2024 in the US, the UK, France, Germany, Saudi Arabia, other countries in North & South America, Europe, and the MENA region.
  • In China, Eggy Party has reached over 100 million monthly active users and received 100 million pieces of user-generated content.

Eggy Party Launches Globally on February 23 alongside the New Stellar Encounter Season

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Thursday, February 22, 2024

GUANGZHOU, China, Feb. 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- NetEase Games is proud to announce that its multiplayer party game Eggy Party will have its global launch on February 23, 2024, bringing the Eggies to more countries than ever before.

Key Points: 
  • Eggy Party is an engaging multiplayer party game for mobile devices where you compete with friends to overcome obstacles and survive thrilling minigames, aiming to be the last one standing.
  • Eggy Party will launch globally on Android & iOS devices on February 23, 2024 in the US, the UK, France, Germany, Saudi Arabia, other countries in North & South America, Europe, and the MENA region.
  • In China, Eggy Party has reached over 100 million monthly active users and received 100 million pieces of user-generated content.
  • Make sure to check out Eggy Party during its global launch and follow the game's social media channels for more information.

NetEase to Report Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2023 Financial Results on February 29

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Wednesday, February 7, 2024

HANGZHOU, China, Feb. 7, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- NetEase, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTES and HKEX: 9999, "NetEase" or the "Company"), a leading internet and game services provider, today announced that it will report financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year 2023 on Thursday, February 29, 2024, before the open of the U.S. markets.

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  • HANGZHOU, China, Feb. 7, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- NetEase, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTES and HKEX: 9999, "NetEase" or the "Company"), a leading internet and game services provider, today announced that it will report financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year 2023 on Thursday, February 29, 2024, before the open of the U.S. markets.
  • The earnings teleconference call with simultaneous webcast will take place at 7:00 a.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, February 29, 2024 (Beijing/Hong Kong Time: 8:00 p.m., Thursday, February 29, 2024).
  • NetEase's management will be on the call to discuss the quarterly results and answer questions.
  • Interested parties may participate in the conference call by dialing 1-914-202-3258 and providing conference ID: 10036635, 15 minutes prior to the initiation of the call.

CCV CAPITAL: Strategies for Chinese Enterprises to Breakthrough in the New Situation

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Monday, January 22, 2024

Recently, during the opening speech of the NetEase's 'Future Open Class', Wei Zhou, CCV CAPITAL's founding manager partner, delivered a keynote address on the topic 'Strategies for Chinese Enterprises to Breakthrough in the New Situation.'

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  • Recently, during the opening speech of the NetEase's 'Future Open Class', Wei Zhou, CCV CAPITAL's founding manager partner, delivered a keynote address on the topic 'Strategies for Chinese Enterprises to Breakthrough in the New Situation.'
  • The following is an excerpt from the speech:
    Today, the topic I want to share is "How Chinese Enterprises Breakout in the New Situation".
  • In this situation, we have done a lot of research, that in the new situation of Chinese enterprises in the breakthrough way, summarized in two directions, a theme.
  • Why is it a very appropriate time for Chinese enterprises and individuals to "Go Global" under the new situation.