Chinese tech giant NetEase pushes into Europe

On Wednesday, NetEase revealed that it had purchased French video game

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This French video game studio is named Quantic Dream

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This is the first European videogame studio that the tech giant has ever purchased outright.

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While Chinese regulators show some signs of relaxing their scrutiny

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The scrutiny of the games market.

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NetEase is making an international push.

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Chinese tech giant NetEase buys Star Wars game maker

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