North American Marvel Rivals team laid off by NetEase

Marvel Rivals, a multiplayer shooter that by any metric is largely successful, is a product of joint-development at NetEase games between a team in China and a team in North America. According to multiple posts from members of the North American side, the team has been laid off and is looking for work. There is no word about the team in China.

The news came today from a LinkedIn post from director Thaddeus Sasser, who begins his post extolling the virtues of his team with a succinct “This is such a weird industry…” Sasser says that both he and his team were let go.