Relic undergoes layoffs after split from Sega

Just last week, SEGA underwent some structural changes, selling off Relic Entertainment, which is now an independent studio, and laying off workers across its various other divisions. While Relic Entertainment may have gotten away from any potential publisher-led lay-offs, unfortunately, the studio still needs to undergo some cuts to survive the transition. 

Relic announced today that it is unfortunately also facing the harsh industry realities hitting other studios in the past 12 months. This has already led to thousands of layoffs across the industry, at studios both big and small. In Relic's case, it will be eliminating less than 50 positions across its company.

Relic will offer severance packages and other support to help employees land on their feet. As reported by Game Developer, an analysis of LinkedIn shows that the bulk of these job cuts are hitting Relic's communication team, which will include roles like community management. Around 41 employees will be let go during Relic's transition into being an independent studio.

We don't know what is next for Relic but moving forward, the studio will likely continue to support Company of Heroes, and work with companies like Microsoft on RTS projects like Age of Empires.

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KitGuru Says: Another unfortunate round of lay-offs have hit. Still, there are promising games due to be announced over the next few months, so this spell of doom and gloom won't last for long. 

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