Marvel Rivals developer NetEase has been conducting unsparing mass layoffs for months now, brutally gutting – and, ultimately, shutting down – Visions of Mana studio Ouka one day after it released the JRPG remake. So former director Kenji Ozawa wants to make sure his newly announced Studio Sasanqua is one that, in his words, values game creators.
Ozawa, who served as Visions of Mana's co-director, survived Ouka's initial layoffs but decided to leave NetEase in October 2024. Now, speaking to Automaton in a new interview, Ozawa makes a point of saying "management needs to protect creators."
