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Sega sells off Relic Entertainment, will axe 240 jobs (www.gamedeveloper.com)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Canada-based studio Relic Entertainment, which recently released Company of Heroes 3, did receive some good news in the midst of these layoffs. The company announced on X (formerly Twitter) that it is becoming an independent studio thanks to the help of "an external investor" who went unnamed.

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[+] [email protected] -7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Why would Larian do this? I am all for the return on scaled back indie studios, especially ones with strong identities like Relic

[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 months ago (2 children)

What does Larian have to do with any of this?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago

And what's Ja think of all this?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

It was a play on the Eric Andre meme, following Swen Vincke's comments recently and his speech at the game awards "We don't have shareholders, but we also don't think about them,". Which maybe got through to a few studios that have the ability to take back their independence, especially those under the likes of Embracer, who are currently haemorrhaging money.