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Still more NetEase studios like Quantic and Grasshopper at risk as firm reportedly seeks buyers

NetEase is reportedly pulling back on its international game investments.

The Chinese megacorp's backtrack commenced at the end of last year when it cut jobs and/or "paused" productions at Worlds Untold, Jar of Sparks, and Liquid Sword, but now Game File reports the company is "actively shopping around more of its non-Chinese studios" in the hope of divestiture. Watch on YouTube Sources talking to Game File under the promise of anonymity claim NetEase plans to divest itself of the majority of its overseas teams. If they can't secure a buyer, studios like Quantic Dream and Grasshopper Manufacture could face closure.

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