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Marvel Rivals dev team shocked with layoffs despite shooter's million-dollar success

Marvel Rivals is a huge success with massive engagement on all platforms and high revenues...but that hasn't stopped NetEase from laying off team devs.

Polygon · 35m

‘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.

Shacknews · 1h

NetEase Games lays off Marvel Rivals director and Seattle-based team

Marvel Rivals is believed to have earned upwards of $130 million in revenue since its December 2024 release.

TechRaptor · 2h

Marvel Rivals Studio Shockingly Closed By NetEase Laying off Everyone

Netease Games continues its layoff spree with a shocking announcement closing the studio leading development on Marvel Rivals and laying off the developers

Push Square · 27m

Ridiculously Successful Marvel Rivals Loses USA Studio to Layoffs

Separately, level designer Jack Burrows also posted about the layoffs, stating: "Was an enormous pleasure to work with my American coworkers who join me in this sad culling. Just couldn't dodge that big boot I guess, no matter how big the success of the gig."

GamesRadar+ · 1h

Marvel Rivals apparently hit with significant layoffs despite "incredibly successful" launch: "This is such a weird industry"

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Digital Trends on MSN · 1h

Marvel Rivals developer hit with layoffs despite the shooter’s success

Marvel Rivals' Seattle-based team has been laid off, according to social media posts from the game's director and several other members.

IGN on MSN · 4h

Marvel Rivals: Official Season 1.5 Update | Dev Vision Vol. 03

Take a look at the Season 1.5 Update | Dev Vision Vol. 03 for Marvel Rivals, a team-based third-person hero shooter developed by NetEase Games. Players can join Creative Director Guangguang and Lead Combat Designer Zhiyong unveil exciting updates for the second half of Season 1.

Marvel Rivals

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 ...

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No, Marvel Rivals developer NetEase isn't intentionally planting fake leaks to mess with everyone, but its datamined characters aren't guaranteed to appear in the futur…

Is Marvel Rivals developer NetEase Games really going out of its way to plant fake character leaks in its own code to catch ...

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NetEase's Fourth-Quarter Net Profit Likely Rose 17% -- Earnings Preview

NetEase's Hong Kong-listed shares have risen 19% so far this year after falling 7.6% in the last quarter in 2024. Investor sentiment has been buoyed by the homegrown AI startup DeepSeek's breakthrough ...

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Marvel Rivals Reveals Human Torch Gameplay

Marvel Rivals gives fans their first look at gameplay for the upcoming Duelist Human Torch in NetEase Games' popular hero ...

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NetEase Games Lays Off Entire Seattle-based Development Team

Today, publisher NetEase Games have laid off their entire Seattle-based development team, per posts from employees, including the director on the team that helped ship ‘Marvel Rivals’. “This is such a ...