The9 announced that its interactive TV network subsidiary 9iplaytv.com had reached agreement with Beijing Gehua CATV Network to launch a gaming platform for high-definition interactive TV users.

Chinese online game developer and operator The9 has announced with smartphone maker Sony Ericsson that starting this month The9 will be the exclusive operator and technical supporter for Sony Ericsson's PlayNow application store in China.

Chinese Internet company Tencent has gained the rights to operate Blade & Soul, a new online game developed by the South Korean company NCsoft, on the Chinese mainland.

Chinese online game developer and operator The9 has announced that it has reached an agreement with Walt Disney Company (Shanghai) to distribute game contents that include Disney cartoon characters on the Chinese mainland.

Months after reporting sliding revenues and losing valuable relationships, Chinese online game company The9 is trying to rejuvenate itself via a deal to invest in mobile startups.

Chinese online game operator The9 Limited is ending operations for one of its games.

Chinese online gaming firm The9 has announced that it plans to introduce the game-oriented social networking site OpenFeint into the Chinese market before the end of 2010.

U.S.-based Blizzard Entertainment and NetEase.com, the licensed operator for Blizzard's massively multiplayer online role-playing game World of Warcraft on the Chinese mainland, have jointly announced that the new WoW expansion, Wrath of the Lich King, will be formally launched on the Chinese mainland on August 31, 2010.

There was bad news from Chinese online game developer The9 Limited as it announced its unaudited financial results for the quarters ended March 31 and June 30, 2010, respectively.

Chinese online game developer and operator The9 has reached a strategic partnership with Sony Online Entertainment and will become the exclusive operator for SOE's 3D leisure community online game "Free Realms" on the Chinese mainland.

Days after Chinese online game developer and operator The9's president announced her departure from the helm of the company, the company has now gone ahead with plans for expansion with the acquisition of an American company.

Chinese online game developer The9 Limited announced that its president will not have her employment contract extended.

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The9, a struggling online game developer in China, has reached an agreement with South Korea's Neowiz to allow Neowiz to exclusively operate The9's game World of Fighter in South Korea.

The game seems almost over for Chinese online entertainment and game company The9 Limited as its newly-announced unaudited financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2009, show a net revenue decrease of 91%.