Source: www.pcgamer.com 'The market is large enough to accommodate both games': NetEase is confident it can make space for Marvel Rivals and Overwatch 2 3/3/2025 There's plenty to go around. Originally published on www.pcgamer.com
Source: www.pcgamer.com Marvel Rivals is considering 'crossover events and promotions with other media' but all players want is more comicbook and movie skins March 3, 2025 There's already a lot of source material to get through.
Source: www.rockpapershotgun.com NetEase reward US-based developers of live service hit Marvel Rivals by sacrificing their jobs to "efficiency" February 19, 2025 Marvel Rivals is this year's current free-to-play PC game success story, attracting many millions of players over its opening weekend and making regular appearances in the Steam Most Played top 10 ever since. It garnered an estimated $136 million in January. So naturally, it's time to start laying people off. Last night, one of the project's game directors, Thaddeus Sasser, revealed that an undisclosed number of US-based NetEase Games employees had been dismissed, including level designers Gary McGee and Jack Burrows. NetEase have now confirmed the news, calling it a move to "optimize development efficiency" and assuring players that they "are investing more, not less, into the evolution and growth of this game". Just not so much the people working on it. Read more
Source: www.pcgamer.com Space Marine 2 dev acknowledges its FOMO events are 'a source of frustration and stress for everyone', says it'll fix things and isn't trying to make 'a full live service game' by stealth March 3, 2025 "We have noted that the Community Events have received cold feedback."