The great success of the Hero-Shooter Marvel Rivals suggested a long, quiet river until today. This Wednesday, February 19, 2025, a big wave of dismissal shakes up the developers.
This is a news that the players had not seen coming and would have preferred not to hear. This Wednesday, February 19, 2025, the sky darkens in the beautiful days of Marvel Rivalsthe successful game of recent months. Despite the influx of new players and the promise of regular updates, the title developed by Netease seems to have a small drop in morality.
The Director of the Game puts the door
And for good reason, the director of the game, Thaddeus Sasser, has just learned his dismissal. A reversal of situation which contradicts the undeniable success of Marvel Rivalswhich is positioned in the top 5 of the most played games in January 2025 in the United States. Thadeus Sasser confirmed the news on his LinkedIn account, through a Message tinged with irony and sarcasm.
“It’s such a strange industry …” confides Thadeus Sasser on LinkedIn. “My brilliant and talented team has just contributed to the creation of an incredibly successful new franchise, Marvel Rivalsfor Netease Games … and has just been dismissed! Too bad ! Times are rough everywhere. Let’s find new jobs to these incredible people, because we all need to eat, right? “
Political layoffs
In addition to the director, a whole team of developers of Marvel Rivals experienced a similar spell. Netease, which has two studios, one in the United States and a Chinawould seem to want to get rid of its American employees. A purely political decision, according to the film director John Eberger, who illustrates the commercial conflicts between the countries of Donald Trump and Xi Jinping.
If the extent of the wave of touching layoffs Marvel Rivals is still undetermined, it is likely that all American developers will be put at the door. Netease was able to speak Following the disputes expected from players. A “Difficult decision”according to the studio, which aims at “Optimizing game development efficiency”. To see if this draft will harm the quality of Marvel Rivals and its success with the community.