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.

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 Internet company NetEase.com Inc. announced its unaudited financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2009, and showed large annualized and sequential revenue increases.

Chinese Internet media company NetEase.com Inc. now has approval to run its World of Warcraft expansion game in China.

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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%.

In a quarter that saw its gaming aspirations come to a halt because of Chinese government sanctions, Chinese Web portal Netease.com has posted lackluster quarterly results.

Coming days after word that NetEase.com was illegally running its World of Warcraft game, China's Ministry of Culture has issued a circular which exposes 188 computer games companies for illegal operations.

Proving that Internet business models in China can come and go at the whim of a Chinese government agency, a new government edict states NetEase.com has no authority to operate the World of Warcraft and the company should immediately stop charging users to play the game.

A law firm in the United States is going after Chinese online gaming firm The9 in a new class action lawsuit claiming that The9's executives made inaccurate statements about the company's financial situation.

Feeding an appetite in the West for Chinese Internet company stocks, a new initial public offering is ready to ignite.

World of Warcraft, the online game currently operated by NetEase.com in mainland China, has published a report on its Chinese official website, stating that the online game formally resumed operation in mainland China on September 19, 2009.

Not operating the World of Warcraft online game in China has hit The9 with a CNY79.2 million net loss in the second quarter ended June 30, 2009.

Chinese online game company The9 Limited has entered into an agreement with Taiwan's Userjoy Technology Company Ltd. for an exclusive license to operate Kingdom Heroes 2 Online, a 3D massively multiplayer online role playing game, in mainland China.