Author: Bryant Francis

Prytania Media—the parent company of now-closed game studios Crop Circle Games, Possibility Space, and Fang & Claw formed by Jeff & Annie Strain—is suing former investor NetEase for defamation. The lawsuit—filed on January 3, 2025—seeks $400 million in damages and blames NetEase executives for allegedly leaking confidential financial information to other investors, purportedly in retaliation of the Strains’ efforts to help the Chinese conglomerate comply with American regulations.The lawsuit—which NetEase has already begun to combat with a motion to remove the case to federal court out of Louisiana—shines new light on the sudden collapse of Prytania Media in 2023. At…