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Visions of Mana Studio Hit by Huge Layoffs on Release Day Per Report

A new report has alleged that Visions of Mana developer Ouka Studio has been hit by layoffs on the very day the game launched across the world. According to Bloomberg's Takashi Mochizuki (who, in…

August 30, 2024 | 08:45 EDT

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Diablo Immortal Reveals New Dual Blade-Wielding Tempest Class

Blizzard has announced the second new class to be added to Diablo Immortal: the Tempest, a class that uses dual blades and calls upon the fury of the storm to smite their enemies. Per an…

May 7, 2024 | 10:05 EDT

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Blizzard Games to Return to Mainland China Thanks to NetEase Partnership

Blizzard has announced that it's signed a new agreement with publishing giant NetEase in order to bring its games back to mainland China. In a press release, Blizzard says that its games will return…

April 10, 2024 | 08:09 EDT

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Marvel Rivals Announced and it Looks a lot Like TPS Overwatch 2 With Superheroes

Today Marvel Games and Netease Games announced an upcoming free-to-play 6 vs 6 hero third-person shooter, Marvel Rivals.  If you look at the trailer and wonder if you're looking at some sort of …

March 27, 2024 | 11:43 EDT

Garrus in his partially burnt armor in Mass Effect 3, a game worked on by Worlds Untold studio head Mac Walters
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Mass Effect Veteran Mac Walters Joins NetEase With New Studio Worlds Untold

Mass Effect writer Mac Walters has announced Worlds Untold, a brand-new studio created in partnership with Chinese gaming giant NetEase. According to an announcement post on the studio's new…

November 16, 2023 | 09:11 EST

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Netease Games Announces Rusty Rabbit; Project Mugen Gets Impressive New Video

Today Netease Games had a couple of interesting releases to make at Tokyo Game Show, starting with a brand new announcement, Rusty Rabbit. The game is a 2.5D Side-Scrolling Action Adventure game…

September 20, 2023 | 11:35 EDT

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Shadows of the Damned Remaster Announced by Grasshopper Manufacture; Grasshopper Direct Coming

Today Grasshopper Manufacture announced that a remaster of the 2011 classic action-adventure Shadows of the Damned is coming.   No release dates and platforms have been announced, but we get a…

June 8, 2023 | 07:33 EDT

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NetEase Launches New Studio PinCool Led by Former Dragon Quest Producer; Will Work on Console Games

Today NetEase Games announced the launch of a new game development studio in Japan named PinCool.  The studio, based in Shinjuku, Tokyo, will be led by CEO Ryutaro Ichimura. You may know him as the…

May 29, 2023 | 03:14 EDT

The logo for NetEase's newly-established Bad Brain studio headed by ex-Ubisoft producer Sean Crooks
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New NetEase Studio Bad Brain Established, Helmed By Ex-Ubisoft Producer

NetEase has announced the establishment of Bad Brain Game Studios, a brand new development outfit helmed by ex-Ubisoft producer Sean Crooks. The studio is currently hard at work on its debut game,…

May 23, 2023 | 09:06 EDT

An abstract-looking image depicting computerized flowers to commemorate the announcement of new NetEase studio Spliced Inc
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NetEase Announces Mysterious New Studio Spliced Inc

NetEase has announced the foundation of a brand new studio. Spliced Inc is a rather mysterious venture that NetEase says is "building the future", and the studio is already working on its first…

February 3, 2023 | 08:18 EST

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NetEase Acquires Canadian Studio SkyBox Labs

Chinese gaming giant NetEase has acquired Canadian support studio SkyBox Labs, which has worked on some pretty meaty AAA fare. While SkyBox's work is mostly done behind the scenes, you might…

January 6, 2023 | 10:43 EST

The office of the new Hiroyuki Kobayashi studio GPTRACK50, depicting a fairly sparse room with a company logo, a door, and a device on a table
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Ex-Capcom Producer Founds New Studio At NetEase

Resident Evil and Mega Man producer Hiroyuki Kobayashi has announced his new studio under Chinese gaming giant NetEase. The rather awkwardly-named GPTRACK50 will focus on developing "original…

November 1, 2022 | 09:32 EDT