NetEase is actively shopping around more of its non-Chinese studios—many of the very same ones it announced over the last three years—two people familiar with the company's efforts tell Game File. Neither individual was authorized to speak about NetEase's plans publicly.
One of Game File's sources says NetEase plans to divest itself of the majority of its overseas teams, leading to the potential closure of more than a dozen game studios, if they can't secure new post-NetEase funding.