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TikTok owner ByteDance is cutting hundreds of jobs in its gaming division, marking a significant scaling back of the company's ambitions in the gaming sector. Hundreds of jobs are expected to be cut from its gaming unit, Nuverse, as ByteDance aims to significantly scale back on the division. ByteDance has also told employees to stop working on unreleased games and is looking to sell Moonton, a major mobile gaming studio it acquired for $4 billion in 2021. Despite ByteDance's successful releases, it has found it challenging to convert this into robust commercial performance that rivals industry leaders such as Tencent.
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00:00 Benzinga and here's what's on the block. TikTok owner ByteDance is cutting hundreds of jobs in its
00:05 gaming division marking a significant scaling back of the company's ambitions in the gaming sector.
00:10 Hundreds of jobs are expected to be cut from its gaming unit, Nuverse, as ByteDance aims to
00:16 significantly scale back on the division. ByteDance has also told employees to stop working on unreleased
00:22 games and is looking to sell Moontum, a major mobile gaming studio it acquired for $4 billion
00:28 in 2021. Despite ByteDance's successful releases, it has found it's challenging to convert this
00:34 into robust commercial performance that rival industry leaders such as Tencent. For all things
00:38 money visit Benzinga.com
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