General Gaming Sega sells Relic Entertainment (Company of Heroes, Dawn of War) to private investors, lays off 240 staff at Creative Assembly, other studios

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Sega sells Relic and will cut 240 jobs across UK studios

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Sega has sold Relic Entertainment, and will cut 240 roles across Sega Europe, Creative Assembly and Sega HARDlight.Reli…

 

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Sega has sold Relic Entertainment, and will cut 240 roles across Sega Europe, Creative Assembly and Sega HARDlight.

 

Relic is best known for the Company of Heroes and Dawn of War games, and recently developed the new Age of Empires for Microsoft. Relic will transition to an independent studio and will no-longer be part of the Sega group of studios.

 

The majority of the 240 job cuts are across Creative Assembly and Sega Europe, while there will be a ‘small number’ cut from Sega HARDLight. There was no mention of other Sega UK studios, including Two Point Studios and Sports Interactive.

 

Creative Assembly had already suffered a range of redundancies following the cancellation of its Hyenas project last year.

 

 

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Going all in on mobile now.

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Pretty much the death knell to the RTS