‘Marvel Rivals’ layoffs are a telltale sign of the video game industry’s hypocrisy
The games industry has been hit with over 20,000 layoffs since 2023. It feels like new announcements of team reductions and studio closures roll out every week or so. With an industry in crisis, you would expect major success stories to stick out and be rewarded.
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.
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 features.
"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.
‘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.
Marvel Rivals apparently hit with significant layoffs despite "incredibly successful" launch: "This is such a weird industry"
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‘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.
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 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.
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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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NetEase denies western studio shutdowns as Marvel Rivals hits 40M players
The company has clarified that it is not entirely withdrawing its presence in the US. NetEase announced in its recent ...
Marvel Rivals Devs 'In Contact' with Nintendo About Switch 2 Release
Marvel Rivals' superheroes have been busy saving the world and becoming key players in the esports industry. Since its 2024 ...