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Jackalyptic Games Devs Still Emotional 2 Weeks After Studio Closure By NetEase

Jackalyptic Games’ closure was confirmed by the company’s CEO, Jack Emmert, through a LinkedIn post.

Several video game studios were closed in 2025. The majority was due to funding difficulty rather than poor commercial performance of titles.

Toronto-based studio Bad Brain Game Studios is the latest NetEase funded studio to announce closure unless it finds new funding partner.

Fantastic Pixel Castle has announced that it will shut down on November 17, unless it finds a new investor to fund its ongoing project called Ghost.

NetEase has neither confirmed nor denied the idea that it was exiting North America or oversea.

Marvel Rivals was nearly canceled ahead of its launch. The detail was part of a report on NetEase CEO William Ding.

NetEase is going through a reform that could see over a dozen studios either being shut down or layoff employees.

Marvel Rivals has attracted over 40 million players but the success is overshadowed by layoff controversy.

NetEase dumped the Seattle team that worked on oMarvel Rivals despite the huge success recorded by the game.

The news of NetEase’s layoff of Marvel Rivals Seattle team was first shared by game director Thaddeus Sasser.