{"id":788738,"date":"2025-12-03T04:21:40","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T04:21:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/sega-layoffs-hit-240-staff-including-at-total-war-studio-creative-assembly?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=feed"},"modified":"2025-12-03T04:21:40","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T04:21:40","slug":"sega-layoffs-hit-240-staff-including-at-total-war-studio-creative-assembly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/sega-layoffs-hit-240-staff-including-at-total-war-studio-creative-assembly\/","title":{"rendered":"Sega layoffs hit 240 staff, including at Total War studio Creative Assembly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/sega-layoffs-hit-240-staff-including-at-total-war-studio-creative-assembly.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>\nSega will shed 240 staff across its European studios, and sell off Company of Heroes developer Relic Entertainment as part of a cost-cutting drive.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe majority of job losses will be at Total War developer Creative Assembly and at the publisher&#8217;s Sega Europe office. These follow earlier cuts to the UK-based Creative Assembly last year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/sega-has-cancelled-hyenas\">after the cancellation of live-service shooter Hyenas<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe Vancouver-based Relic will become an independent studio, meanwhile, backed by an unnamed &#8220;external investor&#8221;. In a statement <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/relicgames\/status\/1773244490171458017\">posted<\/a> to social media this morning, Relic confirmed Company of Heroes 3 support would continue. The developer has also recently faced layoffs, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/sega-lays-off-121-employees-at-company-of-heroes-studio-relic-entertainment\">121 staff let go in May 2023<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/sega-layoffs-hit-240-staff-including-at-total-war-studio-creative-assembly?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/sega-layoffs-hit-240-staff-including-at-total-war-studio-creative-assembly?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sega will shed 240 staff across its European studios, and sell off Company of Heroes developer Relic Entertainment as part of a cost-cutting drive. The majority of job losses will be at Total War developer Creative Assembly and at the publisher&#8217;s Sega Europe office. These follow earlier cuts to the UK-based Creative Assembly last year, after the cancellation of live-service shooter Hyenas. The Vancouver-based Relic will become an independent studio, meanwhile, backed by an unnamed &#8220;external investor&#8221;. In a statement posted to social media this morning, Relic confirmed Company of Heroes 3 support would continue. The developer has also recently faced layoffs, with 121 staff let go in May 2023. 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