Case Study: NetEase accelerates game development and cuts costs with Microsoft .NET Core

A top game studio of NetEase transforms development and accelerates time-to-market with .NET Core

NetEase Games, a leading China-based internet technology company and game studio, faced a challenge in accelerating its development cycle for mobile games. Their existing environment was slow and used disparate technology stacks for front-end and back-end development, which hindered their ability to launch titles quickly across multiple platforms. To address this, they partnered with Microsoft to adopt the Microsoft .NET Core framework.

By implementing Microsoft .NET Core, NetEase unified its development on the C# language, allowing a single team to work on both the client and service sides. This Microsoft solution enabled NetEase to deliver a new mobile title in just 14 months, 30% faster than their goal. Furthermore, the company cut its server footprint in half and reduced overall operating costs by 50%, while also improving game quality and developer efficiency.

NetEase Games

Feng Zhou

Product Director