Sega lays off 121 employees at Company of Heroes studio Relic Entertainment
Sega has laid off 121 employees at Company of Heroes and Age of Empires 4 studio Relic Entertainment, blaming “external factors [that] are challenging our industry more than ever”.
Confirmation of job cuts at the Canada-based developer, which has been part of Sega since its acquisition in 2013, came via a statement shared on Twitter.
“Relic Entertainment and Sega Europe want to share the difficult news that our studio has been impacted by layoffs, affecting 121 employees,” Relic wrote. “This comes at a time when external factors are challenging our industry more than ever, and we made this decision to restructure our organisation to ensure maximum focus is placed on our core franchises.”
