Chinese Games Firm Perfect World Cuts Over 1,000 Jobs
Reports from local publication The Paper, as cited by Game Developer, indicate that Perfect World, a Chinese games firm, is slashing more than 1,000 jobs. The cuts have affected nearly every department within the company, except for esports. Offices in Beijing, Shanghai, and Chengdu have all felt the impact of the layoffs.
The future of the projects currently in development at Perfect World remains uncertain. While The Paper suggests that Perfect World and One Punch Man: World are still progressing, another publication, Pandaily, claims that development has been put on hold.
Although best known in the West for distributing Dota 2 and Counter-Strike 2 in China, Perfect World also operates its own development and publishing divisions. In 2021, the company sold its European branch to Embracer Group, which later rebranded it as Gearbox Publishing.
