ByteDance to shut Shanghai game development studio

Half of staff at 101 unit face likely layoff

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ByteDance's 2019 acquisition of the core group behind 101 Studio was seen as laying the groundwork to challenge the dominance of Tencent Holdings in mobile gaming. © Reuters

CISSY ZHOU, Nikkei staff writer

HONG KONG -- TikTok owner ByteDance is disbanding one of its main game studios due to its disappointing performance.

According to a company manager, half of the staff at Shanghai's 101 Studio will be shifted to other parts of the company while the rest could be laid off as "the results of a few projects didn't meet expectations." The studio has between 300 and 350 employees.

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