INTRODUCTION OF SELF-DEVELOPED GAMES IS A KEY THEME IN 2012

William Ding, Chief Executive Officer and Director of NetEase, stated, "The growing popularity of our self-developed games continues to drive our revenues. For the first quarter, our total online games revenue increased 31.4% year-over-year, with dynamic growth from our newer games Ghost and Tianxia III and increasing contribution from several of our flagship games, Fantasy Westward Journey, Westward Journey Online II and Heroes of Tang Dynasty."

"Our online games revenue has been driven by the successful execution of our strategy to continuously improve user experience and has been further demonstrated by Ghost's rapid growth since the launch of its full scale closed beta testing in September 2011. In the second quarter, we introduced a series of new features for Ghost in its open beta testing, which has been well received by users. Benefiting from the innovative game play mode, our newest game, Tianxia III, achieved record high revenue in the first quarter. We plan to continue developing new exciting content and launch open beta testing for Tianxia III in the second quarter."

"Moreover, players continue to respond enthusiastically to expansion packs for our long running self-developed games, Fantasy Westward Journey and Westward Journey Online II. We plan to launch new expansion packs combined with large-scale promotional activities for these games in the second and third quarters. Other expansion packs or new versions planned for the second quarter include Heroes of Tang Dynasty, Westward Journey Online III and Warsong of Westward Journey."

"Diversification through the introduction of self-developed games is a key theme in 2012. We are on track to commercialize a number of new titles this year that showcase innovative content and leading technology. In the second and third quarters of 2012, we plan to initiate beta testing of several highly anticipated games in our pipeline, including 3D ARPG, Soul of Warrior, 2.5D MMORPG, Wu Hun, 3D action real-time strategy (or DotA) game, Heroes of Three Kingdoms, and a next generation 3D action MMORPG, Dragon Sword. With respect to our licensed games, we are pleased to have renewed our contract with Blizzard Entertainment to continue our existing cooperation on Blizzard Entertainment's World of Warcraft® in mainland China. We look forward to releasing Mists of Pandaria™, the fourth expansion to World of Warcraft, in mainland China as soon as possible."

About NetEase, Inc. - NTES

NetEase, Inc. (NTES) is a leading China-based Internet technology company that pioneered the development of applications, services and other technologies for the Internet in China. NTES’s online communities and personalized premium services have established a large and stable user base for the NTES websites, which are operated by its affiliates. In particular, NetEase provides online game services to Internet users through the in-house development or licensing of massively multi-player online role-playing games, including Fantasy Westward Journey, Westward Journey Online II, Westward Journey Online III, Tianxia III, Heroes of Tang Dynasty, Datang and Ghost, as well as the licensed games, Blizzard Entertainment's World of Warcraft® and StarCraft® II.