Entire Support Team for 'Marvel Rivals' Game Laid Off Amid Restructuring

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Entire Support Team for 'Marvel Rivals' Game Laid Off Amid Restructuring

In February 2025, NetEase Games laid off the team behind the hit game 'Marvel Rivals.' Here's what we know so far, including why they were let go.

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Shroud offers alternative solution to Marvel Rivals layoffs: 'The right thing to do'

Revelations of new layoffs in the gaming industry in 2025 is nothing new, but it will always raise eyebrows when it happens to those working on a massive success like Marvel Rivals. A game director at Marvel Rivals‘ publisher NetEase Games, Thaddeus Sasser, revealed yesterday how his entire Seattle-based team for NetEase were let go in a post on LinkedIn. The team “specialized in game and level design in the Seattle area to work on Marvel Rivals…

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After Thaddeus Sasser, director of Marvel Rivals, revealed that the team in the United States was fired despite the success of the game, NetEase issued a statement explaining the decision. According to the company, the layoffs took place for organizational reasons and to optimize the efficiency of development, resulting in the reduction of the six-person design team in Seattle. However, NetEase assured that the main team in Guangzhou, China, led…

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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."

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Marvel Rivals Maker Reassures Fans PS5 Hit Will Not Be Affected by Layoffs

NetEase investing more into game.Not even instantly becoming one of the most popular live-service games on the market is enough, apparently, as now a support studio that worked with NetEase on Marvel Rivals has been laid off. To be clear: this seems to be a USA-based team that's been supporting the main NetEase development studio, and not the game's core team. Regardless, however, it is still very surprising to see an entire team of developers l…

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Marvel Rivals Seattle-Based Director And Entire Team Laid Off Despite Huge Success

See full bio Shaheer Zahid Currently serving as a News Reporter at Tech4Gamers, I have the privilege of combining my love for gaming with the art of storytelling. My role involves crafting engaging narratives that keep our audience abreast of the latest developments in the gaming world. See full bio Story Highlight Despite Marvel Rival’s huge success, Netease laid off the game director and his entire Seattle-based team. The director announced …