"I don't want to lay off a team I directly led and not include myself": Marvel Rivals game director says it'd be "poor leadership" if he wasn't laid off alongside his design team
NetEase Games has clarified the "core" dev team will still be led by creative director Guangyun Chen and lead producer Weicong Wu
Laid-off Marvel Rivals director claims credit for one of the game’s most important features
Marvel Rivals does feature plenty of design ideas borrowed from other games, but one particular one felt more unique.
Report: NetEase lays off Seattle team working on hit video game ‘Marvel Rivals’
A Seattle-based team that contributed to development on the popular online action game Marvel Rivals has reportedly been dismissed
NetEase confirms Marvel Rivals layoffs, says cuts were made 'to optimize development efficiency for the game'
Marvel Rivals is a big hit—the first real challenger to the long-time hero shooter big dog Overwatch. Yet amidst that success, with more than 200,000 people playing on Steam alone right now, NetEase game director Thaddeus Sasser says the Marvel Rivals development team in the US has been laid off.
Marvel Rivals Layoffs At US Team Influenced In Part By "Geopolitical Risks," Analyst Says
The recent announcement that NetEase was laying off some of its US-based Marvel Rivals developers, including one of the game's directors, prompted concern and questions given that the hero shooter is performing well in the market with 40 million players.
‘Marvel Rivals’ Layoffs Baffle Everyone After The Game Is A Massive Hit
Yesterday was a dichotomy of a day for Marvel Rivals, as it officially showed off its two new heroes, The Thing and Human Torch while also laying off devs.
Not even Marvel Rivals is safe from layoffs as game director’s dev team is reportedly let go
Sasser did not specify if he was included in the layoffs, but quickly switched gears to finding affected employees work in the future, such as level designer Garry McGee who helped support the game that’s garnered lots of revenue and tens of millions of players since its full release in early December 2024.
Marvel Rivals Developer NetEase Lays off Team Members Despite Immense Success
Developer NetEase is seeing massive success with their newest hero team-shooter Marvel Rivals, but they're still laying off some U.S.-based employees.
Marvel Rivals Layoffs Spook NetEase Investors Despite New Character Trailers
NetEase (NTES) stock slipped today after the Marvel Rivals developer confirmed layoffs at one of its teams. Following social media posts about
Marvel Rivals Devs Laid Off Despite The Game's Huge Success
Several Marvel Rivals developers at NetEase Games have been laid off, according to the game's director, Thaddeus Sasser.
Marvel Rivals developer confirms layoffs to a US-based design team, but insists "we are investing more, not less, into the evolution and growth of this game"
Marvel Rivals developer NetEase Games has now confirmed that it has "made the difficult decision" to lay off a number of its US-based team members. Reports about layoffs hitting the Marvel Rivals team – despite its enormous success since launch – first surfaced yesterday after game director Thaddeus Sasser posted on LinkedIn,
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NetEase reward US-based developers of live service hit Marvel Rivals by sacrificing their jobs to "efficiency"
Marvel Rivals is this year's current free-to-play PC game success story, attracting many millions of players over its ...
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Marvel Rivals ’ game director and others from the development team behind the hit hero shooter have been laid off. The dismissals have caught many by surprise as NetEase’s comic book blockbuster ...