NetEase Games appears to have laid off several employees at its Montreal studio, with the reductions mainly affecting quality assurance (QA) staff, according to former employees’ LinkedIn posts as collated by Game Developer. The layoffs appear to have taken place around the turn of the year and have not been formally confirmed by the company. Posts shared on LinkedIn over the past week indicate that both senior and managerial QA roles were impacted. “Last week I was impacted by the layoffs at NetEase and my time with them has come to an end,” wrote QA project manager Scott Killingsworth. Senior QA lead Stefano Magnabosco separately described being affected by the “recent lay-offs” at NetEase Games Montréal.