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Type
  
Public

Industry
  
Internet Gaming

Key people
  
Zhu Jun, Chairman/CEO

Revenue
  
10.16 million USD (2014)

Founder
  
Zhu Jun

Traded as
  
(NASDAQ: NCTY)

Area served
  
China

Products
  
Online game operation

Headquarters
  
Pudong, China

Founded
  
1999

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Stock price
  
NCTY (NASDAQ) US$ 1.05 -0.02 (-1.86%)29 Mar, 4:00 PM GMT-4 - Disclaimer

Planetside 2 trailer for partnership with the9


The9 Limited (Chinese: 第九城市) is a Shanghai-based online game operator which had the exclusive licence to operate and distribute World of Warcraft in China (launched in June 2005, it has since become the largest online game), a licence it secured after successfully aiding Webzen Games with the distribution of Mu Online in China. However, in April 2009, Blizzard said that the licence has been moved to NetEase.com.

Contents

Current game licences acquired

Note: In rough order of release.

  • Mu Online (the partnership has ended)
  • World of Warcraft (the partnership has ended)
  • Joyful Journey West
  • Guild Wars (Chinese version) (The deal with NCsoft ended prematurely.31 March 2008)
  • Soul of the Ultimate Nation
  • Granado Espada
  • Hellgate: London
  • Huxley
  • Ragnarok Online 2
  • FIFA Online 2
  • Atlantica Online
  • Free Realms
  • PlanetSide 2
  • Firefall
  • References

    The9 Wikipedia