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

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Marvel Rivals game director Thaddeus Sasser shares on LinkedIn that NetEase laid off his entire, Seattle-based team despite the hero shooter’s sky-high popularity.

“This is such a weird industry…” Sasser writes in his LinkedIn post. “My stellar, talented team just helped deliver an incredibly successful new franchise in Marvel Rivals for NetEase Games […] and were just laid off!”

“Oh well!” Sasser continues. “Times are tough all over – let’s find these incredible people new jobs, because we all need to eat, right?”

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