NetEase Inc’s online games division, NetEase Games, is coming to Gamescom 2023 in their biggest presence to date, with even more surprises including a new unannounced title.

In an announcement on July 24th, alongside its presence at the Gamescom games show,  NetEase Games announced booths in Gamescom’s Consumer Hall and Business Hall. It also announced it’s participation in DevCom.

NetEase Games’ consumer booth will feature a Naraka: Bladepoint display and photo opportunities with professional cosplayers in celebration of the recent collaboration with Nier Automata.

More importantly, an unannounced title by NetEase Games will be revealed alongside Quantic Dream’s upcoming games Lysfanga:The Time Shift Warrior and Dustborn. NetEase Games’ business booth will host partners and give exclusive previews to highly-anticipated titles like Everstine Studios’ Where Winds Meet.

(FYI) NetEase Games will reveal an unannounced title at Gamescom

As well as Quantic Dream’s upcoming games Lysfanga: The Time Shift Warrior and Dustborn

An exclusive preview of the highly-anticipated Where Winds Meet by Everstone Studioshttps://t.co/GKiiz9EOCQ pic.twitter.com/1E0XzVOFII

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Lastly, NetEase Games host two speaking sessions at DevCom. The speaking sessions include:

AI-Powered NPCs: Revolutionizing Player Engagement and Storytelling in Gaming by NetEase Lead Programmer Brian Cox and Inworld AI Director of Product Nathan Yu.

Despite significant upgrades in video game motion capture, graphics rendering, animation,and modeling, the tech that powers NPCs has remained stagnant. NetEase Games’Brian Cox (lead programmer at Team Miaozi)and Nathan Yu from Inworld AI will explain how they worked together to address this challenge in the game, Cygnus Enterprises, using cutting-edge AI as a literal game-changing solution to this problem.

Beacon System: A New Method to Improve Onboarding Experience in Mobile 4X Games by NetEase Data Research Manager Chaogui Zhang

In a talk aimed at UX and game designers interested in-game data research, NetEase Games Data Research Manager, Chaogui Zhang, will show some of the findings based on research using The Lord of the Rings: Rise to War and some of the learnings and innovative solutions created by NetEase Games.

For more information about Gamescom 2023 and DevCom, visit their respective official websites.