Overview

• Game Developer reports that NetEase has closed T‑Minus Zero, the Austin studio founded in 2023 by BioWare veteran Rich Vogel.
• NetEase said it is actively working with the team to find a new publishing home and could not confirm any layoffs during the transition.
• Vogel wrote that, despite building a fully playable demo and generating interest, current market conditions blocked additional financing.
• T‑Minus Zero had been developing a third‑person online multiplayer action game set in a sci‑fi universe, with the demo praised by current and former NetEase executives.
• The decision aligns with NetEase’s broader 2025 pullback from Western investments, including moves involving Skybox Labs, Ouka Studios, Jar of Sparks, and U.S. cuts on Marvel Rivals.