NetEase Games, a leading global video game developer and publisher, will be attending the 2026 Game Developers Conference (GDC): Festival of Gaming, with its employees delivering five talks across the Core Concepts and Summits sessions.
NetEase Games will also offer, by appointment only, interviews with the Where Winds Meet team visiting the conference in person from China and select interviews with the Marvel Rivals team. Please contact your local media representative to secure a slot.
GDC is a Festival of Gaming that brings the gaming community together to exchange ideas, solve problems, and shape the future of the industry across five days of education, inspiration, and networking. This year’s event will be held in person and online at San Francisco's Moscone Convention Center from March 09-13, 2026.
NetEase speakers will be sharing success stories from blockbuster titles such as Marvel Rivals, Where Winds Meet, LifeAfter, and Sword of Justice, imparting learnings from these successful game titles, sharing insights from updating pipelines for open world games, to mobile game art production.
In total, six NetEase experts have been shortlisted to present five talks at GDC 26:
CRAFTING AN EVER-EXPANDING JIANGHU: OPEN-WORLD DESIGN AND SUSTAINABLE UPDATE PIPELINES IN 'WHERE WINDS MEET'
When: Tuesday, March 10 | 12:45pm - 1:45pm,
Speaker: Beralt Lyu (Everstone Studio, NetEase Games)
Location: Room 2009, West Hall
When: Tuesday, March 10 | 4:30pm - 5:00pm
Speaker: Yachen Bian (NetEase Games)
Location: Room 2016, West Hall
When: Wednesday, March 11 | 11:50am - 12:20pm
Speaker: Guangyun Chen (NetEase Games)
Location: Room 2005, West Hall
When: Thursday, March 12 | 11:50am - 12:20pm
Speaker: Chang Liu (NetEase)
Location: Room 3004, West Hall
When: Thursday, March 12 | 3:10pm - 4:10pm
Speakers: Xiudong Zhang (NetEase Games), Zhaoxing Yang (NetEase Games)
Location: Room 3004, West Hall
The NetEase Games talks listed above are available to GDC attendees holding a Festival Pass, or a Game Changer Pass. For more information about GDC 2026 and where to watch the NetEase presentations online, visit the official event website at https://gdconf.com/
Learn more about NetEase at GDC: https://schedule.gdconf.com/search/Netease
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