A week after being sold off by parent company Sega, Company of Heroes studio Relic Entertainment has announced that it is laying off employees.."Letting people go was not an easy decision, and was made solely with the goal of providing Relic the best possible chance to survive in an increasingly volatile industry. It does not in any way reflect the expertise, passion, or character of any of the impacted employees.
Relic said that employees being let go are being given"severance packages, extended benefits, and outplacement support options." The number of people being let go wasn't specified, but in aThe layoffs come less than a year afterat Relic were let go as part of a restructuring effort aimed at ensuring"maximum focus is placed on our core franchises.
"This isn't a trim of fat, this is a cut to the bone," senior game producer Aryon Billings, one of the employees let go in the layoffs, said onIt's a sad outcome for a 27-year-old studio that's given us games including Homeworld, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War, Space Marine, and Company of Heroes, and without wanting to read too much into it, saying the cuts were necessary to provide"the best possible chance to survive" does not inspire confidence in its long-term...