Stritix Posted April 5, 2013 Report Share Posted April 5, 2013 Sega Studios Australia will close later this year, the publisher confirmed with Kotaku today. No rationale for the closure was divulged. The Brisbane-based developer was established in 2002 as Creative Assembly Australia and was behind games like Medieval II: Total War, its Kingdoms expansion, and Stomrise. The outfit was rebranded Sega Studios Australia in May 2011 and most recently built London 2012: The Official Video Game of the Olympic Games. Sega cut 37 jobs at the studio last year. It is not clear how many staffers will be affected by the impending closure or what will happen to any projects the company is currently working on. Source: Gamespot Hopefully they can all find new jobs that they enjoy. There seems to be quite a lot of closures lately in the video gaming industry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTwinny Posted April 5, 2013 Report Share Posted April 5, 2013 THQ, LucasArts (quite surprisingly), Arkedo Studio, and now this, all within three months or so. Developers dropping left and right. Hope these developers find opportunities someplace. Guess the ecomony is still hitting hard for them too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clouder Posted April 5, 2013 Report Share Posted April 5, 2013 Yup. These are going off the charts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AcidGamer64 Posted April 21, 2013 Report Share Posted April 21, 2013 Sucks how it's sort of being a regular thing to hear about SEGA closing down a lot of studios. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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