Bloomberg reported on Friday that Chinese game development company NetEase has laid off most of the staff at Ouka Studios (Visions of Mana) in Tokyo and intends to shut down the studio’s offices in Shibuya.
In regards to the potential closure of Ouka Studios, NetEase stated to Bloomberg it has “nothing to announce.”
NetEase had hired former staff from companies such as CAPCOM, Bandai Namco, and Square Enix when establishing console-focused teams at Ouka in Shibuya in 2020.
As part of the celebrations Warner Bros. Japan produced Legend of Mana: The Teardrop Crystal (Seiken Densetsu Legend of Mana: The Teardrop Crystal in Japanese), an anime adaptation of the Legend of Mana game.