Raychul isn’t here this week, so it’s up to Blake to do his best to somehow get through the news without here. We go over the hype surrounding the recent Syndicate reboot. Nintendo hooks you up with some free Zelda lovin’. The Battlefield 3 Beta is gonna cost you more than an arm and a leg. SEGA posts something on their twitter that we don’t understand then makes up for it with zombie strippers. And Gears of War 3 makes Cliffy B even richer than he already was. All this and more on GotGame News!
SEGA has announced Fearless: Year of Shadow, a campaign that celebrates Sonic the Hedgehog and his brooding acquaintance, Shadow.
GamesIndustry.biz writes: "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."
Sega had such a turbulent existence from the mid-90s to when they dropped out of console manufacturing entirely in 2001, it’s understandable if you’ve never heard of the Genesis Nomad.