‘This is such a weird industry’: Marvel Rivals lays off NA-based team amid explosive success
Marvel Rivals is easily one of the most popular games this year, drawing hundreds of thousands of players on Steam alone. And yet it’s developer NetEase has laid off a team who worked on the game out of its Seattle-based studio.
"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 to have created most innovative feature
A Marvel Rivals Director who was just laid-off claims to have created one of the most innovative features in the popular hero shooter.
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 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 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,
Marvel Rivals Director and Entire Seattle Design Team Laid Off, NetEase Tells Fans Not to Worry About the Game
Marvel Rivals developer NetEase has confirmed cuts to its Seattle-based design team for “organizational reasons.” Overnight, Marvel Rivals game director Thaddeus Sasser took to LinkedIn to announce that he and his team were laid off.
Marvel Rivals director and entire team laid off as Netease releases statement
Marvel Rivals has seen a huge wave of players jump into the Hero shooter, but just as the studio was gearing up for this week's Season 1.5 update, the entire US-based team was laid off
Marvel Rivals Director And Team Laid Off Despite Massive Success
Marvel Rivals director Thadeus Sasser has revealed that he and his team have been laid off by NetEase, despite the game's massive success.
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Former Marvel Rivals Director Was Responsible For a Unique Feature
A former Marvel Rivals director claims that he is responsible for creating one of the popular hero shooter's most unique ...
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NetEase CEO nearly canceled Marvel Rivals over copyright issues with Walt Disney Co.
A recent Bloomberg report revealed that William Ding, the CEO and founder of the Chinese video game publisher NetEase, almost canceled the Marvel Rivals game due to a copyright disagreement with the ...
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.
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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 ...