Another day, another major gaming company cutting jobs. These are the articles I hate writing.
SEGA today has announced they are cutting 240 jobs across Europe, affecting SEGA Europe, Creative Assembly & SEGA HARDLight. Jurgen Post, head of SEGA Europe released the following statement:
"I want to sincerely apologise for the worry and understandable distress this news will cause, particularly for those directly affected. These decisions have been incredibly tough to make, and they follow meticulous consideration and deliberation with leadership teams across the business. Change is necessary to secure the future of our games business, and to ensure that we are well placed to deliver the best possible experiences to our players going forward."
"We need to streamline, focus on what we are good at, and position ourselves as best we can for the road ahead. In order to do that, we need to respond to the changing economic landscape and the challenges we're facing in the way we develop our products and bring them to market."
Additionally SEGA announced that Relic Entertainment, makers of the Company Of Heroes series have split from SEGA to become independent. Relic themselves released a statement ensuring fans that they will continue to work on Company Of Heroes 3.
We at Gamer Social Club hope everyone affected lands on their feet, and we hope we can stop writing articles like this sooner rather than later.
