Marvel Rivals’ U.S. Team Layoffs

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Marvel Rivals’ U.S. Team Layoffs

NetEase released a statement after the negative reactions by fans, stating "organizational reasons" and a need to "optimize development efficiency" as the reasons for the layoffs.

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Two days after laying off US-based developers, NetEase says Marvel Rivals has surpassed 40 million players

Marvel Rivals continues to do big numbers, which probably comes as cold comfort to former employees of NetEase's Seattle studio.

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How Marvel Rivals’ developer profited from Blizzard’s games in 2024 despite being competitors

The rivalry between Marvel Rivals and Blizzard Entertainment may not be as straightforward as it seems—at least not for Marvel Rivals’ developer, NetEase. In its 2024 financial report, NetEase credited Marvel Rivals’ stellar launch as a key driver of its gaming division’s revenue despite the game releasing only in early December. The game amassed 10 million players in its first 72 hours and has reached 40 million registered players to date. But …

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NetEase sees Q4 bump, lays off “Marvel Rivals” U.S. development team

Internet and game services provider NetEase Inc. (NASDAQ:NTES) revealed a bump in revenues, though not without controversy regarding one of its biggest titles NetEase reported net revenues of ¥26.7 billion (US$3.7 billion) for Q4 2024, a slight increase from ¥26.2 billion in the previous quarter but a decrease from ¥27.1 billion in the same quarter of 2023 For the fiscal year 2024, net revenues were ¥105.3 billion (US$14.4 billion), up from ¥103…

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NewsGaming.net Marvel Rivals surpasses 40 million users, which did not prevent NetEase from making layoffs Nobody really understood what was happening at NetEase Games so that the company would fire the American team working on Marvel Rivals. If it is obvious that there are some credible theories between a Chinese publisher who may want to refocus on his own continent following a whole bunch of economic and political measures, seeing the group b…

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"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