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Nagoshi Studio layoffs 2026
Nagoshi Studio, developer of Gang of Dragon, has closed months after NetEase withdrew funding.
Source: Game Developer
- Who
- Nagoshi Studio · Japan
- What happened
- Nagoshi Studio, developer of Gang of Dragon, has closed months after NetEase withdrew funding.
- When
- 2026-11-02
- Source
- Game Developer
- So what
- Reductions rarely fall evenly, and the read is in the pattern.
The leadership read
Reductions rarely fall evenly, and the read is in the pattern. For Nagoshi Studio in the sector, cuts like this tend to protect, and sometimes deepen, leadership where the company is betting, while thinning the rest. Across Asia, watch which functions keep or add leadership; that is the strategy stated plainly.
Market context: Against a Talent Market Index of 104.6 (Hot) (up 3.6 month-on-month), Asia is at steady (+1.1pts) on signal share.
Nagoshi Studio: 1 signal in the last 90 days.
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Where this lands in our work
- Fractional & Interim Executives →
Contraction concentrates scope on fewer leaders, and interim capability covers the gap.
- Executive Search: Asia →
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