Relic Leisure, the freshly-independent builders of Firm of Heroes, Warhammer 40,000: Daybreak of Battle and Age of Empires IV, have confirmed various job losses. The layoffs come only a week after the studio introduced their sale from former homeowners Sega, returning them to independence after 20 years.
On LinkedIn, Relic confirmed that an unspecified variety of workers can be laid off (by way of Eurogamer, exterior growth producer Robyn Smale acknowledged in a separate submit that 41 workers had been affected), including that the choice was “made solely with the purpose of offering Relic the very best probability to outlive in an more and more risky business”.
The information comes only one week after Relic introduced they’d been bought by Sega to an exterior investor, ensuing within the firm changing into an “independently run growth studio” once more for the primary time since their sale to THQ 20 years in the past. They have been subsequently picked up by Sega in 2013, occurring to work on the fourth mainline entry within the Age of Empires sequence and launch threequels to each Daybreak of Battle and Firm of Heroes.
Alongside the information of Relic’s independence, Sega Europe introduced their very own widespread layoffs final week, with greater than 200 workers minimize throughout groups together with Complete Battle makers Artistic Meeting – who had already suffered layoffs in September as a part of the cancellation of expensive extraction shooter Hyenas.
Relic’s newest spherical of layoffs come lower than a yr after greater than 120 workers have been minimize final Could. In a joint assertion on the time, Relic and Sega cited “exterior elements [that] are difficult our business” and the necessity to restructure and give attention to “core franchises” as the rationale for the job losses.
“We’re assured that following this mandatory restructuring, Relic will probably be ready of power to proceed delivering excellent experiences to gamers everywhere in the world,” the builders and publishers claimed again then.
“To these we’re saying goodbye to, we’re deeply sorry that it has come to this,” the studio’s newest submit reads, including that these freshly laid-off would obtain severance, advantages and outplacement help.
Relic lately confirmed they’d proceed to help Firm of Heroes 3 as an impartial studio, with the sport’s 1.6 replace due out this month, however are but to announce their subsequent new challenge.
