Sega has had quite the fall from grace, but is there still a chance for the company? And what can be done? Let's find out!
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."
Shame about Creative Assembly, they should have just been allowed to do an Alien Isolation sequel.
It was that garbage coh 3 that did them in only a special team can make a sequel worse in every way even though it was a 10 year gap and the same era.
Two Point Studios and Sports Interactive probably run on a shoe string budget so that fits into SEGA better lol
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.
Look at my name and avatar. Now read this. It's far to late to save them. The time has long passed. Market is different. Sega is different. I would love nothing more than SEGA to be in the thick of the console race or making 3rd party games like they used to make 1st party but again the time is long passed sadly.
Sega could be back in the spotlight again if they'd just bring back some of their older titles in a big way.
Maybe contact Nintendo regarding some of those long-lost RPG's they used to have?
Or some new collaborations, since Project X Zone seems to be doing pretty damned well?
They likely won't ever be back in the console races, but unlike Nintendo, I don't think they have to be, to regain some of what they've lost...
Streets of Rage, After burner, Golden Axe, Comix Zone, Gunstar heroes, Pulseman, Shinobi, etc.. Theres many great IPs they can publish and if done right, bring them back in the game.. Shoving more crappy sonic games out is hurting their name..