Nicole Carpenter is a senior reporter specializing in investigative features about labor issues in the game industry, as well as the business and culture of games. Prytania Media owners Annie and ...

Following an extremely sudden cut to the Marvel Rivals development team, it appears NetEase is going through even larger internal discussions about releasing and investing in games. In a new ...

Marvel Rivals is about to get its next major update on Feb. 21 but, just three days before that content goes live, NetEase has laid off an entire team working on the game. Throughout the day on ...

Marvel Rivals is a big hit, but apparently that doesn't matter. NetEase has now confirmed the layoffs of Marvel Rivals developers in a statement provided to PC Gamer. "We recently made the ...

The success of Black Myth: Wukong has apparently proven to NetEase that blockbuster hits can be made cheaper and closer to home without the need for expensive overseas teams in Europe and America.

That's according to a new Bloomberg report on developer NetEase and its CEO William Ding, which says that before the game was released there were discussions about cancelling it outright.

A NetEase spokesperson denied this account, saying the company has enjoyed a close partnership with Marvel since 2017. This week, part of the Marvel Rivals creative team in the US was laid off.

Chinese videogame giant NetEase NTES-0.71%decrease; red down pointing triangle returned to profit growth in the fourth quarter, in a sign that its online-gaming business is turning a corner and ...