The layoffs with the Marvel Rivals team were probably only the beginning. Apparently the Chinese publisher Netease strokes about a dozen game projects.
What happens at Netease? Meinmmo had reported that publisher Netease released part of Marvel Rivals’ team, even though the hero shooter comes to very positive reviews and can lure hundreds of thousands to the server every day.
According to a report by Bloomberg.com, this was only the tip of the iceberg. William thing, CEO and founder of Netease (and billionaire), apparently wants to delete many more places (and even close complete studios), shorten international investments and also set about a dozen game projects.
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What does that have to do with the Warhammer MMORPG? As is well known, the new Warhammer MMORPG is being created at the US Studio Jackalyptic Games, which is led by genre veteran Jack Emmert (Neverwinter Online, Star Trek Online, City of Heroes). The previous publisher of the game? Netease.
According to Bloomberg’s research, Netease could have finished financing the game … Keywords: shorten international investments. At least those responsible for Jackalyptic already seem to have talks with potential new publishers.
It is also reported that the Warhammer MMORPG could be presented at a recently taken fair and that the feedback from the audience was positive.
What do we know about the Warhammer Mmorpg? The game should use the unreal engine 5 and focus strongly on PVE content. You don’t want to use a traditional combat system such as tab-staring. Otherwise, it is currently not even known in which of the two Warhammer universes the MMORPG will play. You can find out everything else here: A new MMO to Warhammer sounds almost too good to be true – we know that