NetEase Shuts Jackalyptic Games, Cancels Unannounced Warhammer 40K MMO

Overview

• Studio head Jack Emmert said the nearly three-and-a-half-year partnership with NetEase is ending, confirming the Warhammer MMO will not proceed.
• Jackalyptic staff, including Joseph Sierejko and Ben Dahl, posted that the studio is winding down and that most employees are now job hunting.
• The unannounced Warhammer 40K MMO had been in development since 2022 at the NetEase-funded Austin studio.
• The cancellation follows NetEase’s recent closures and cuts, including Fantastic Pixel Castle’s shutdown and layoffs of Marvel Rivals’ U.S. team described as a strategic recalibration tied to geopolitical risk.
• Other Warhammer projects continue independently, with an Amazon live-action series in development and new games like Warhammer Survivors, even after a separate Nexon/Games Workshop RPG was canceled earlier this year.