Sega and Relic lay off 121 employees at Company of Heroes studio

The developer is undergoing a restructuring

Sega Europe and Relic Entertainment the layoff of 121 emplo🤪yees from 🍃Relic.

The press rele💃ase cites “external factors” and goes on to say that this is part of a restructurin🍌g of a wider restructuring of the studio.

An announcement from Relic Entertainment.

— Relic Entertainment (@relicgames)

Relic Entertainment is based in Canada and has been behind such hits as Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War and Homeworld. Their area of expertise is strategy games, with their most recent title being Company of Heroes 3. While Company of Heroes 3 did , user reception is with the addition of microtransactions often cited for the negative response. Nonetheless, if missing♈ targets was the reason for the job cuts, Sega hasn’t disclosed anythi🦹ng.

“Relic and SEGA remain fully committed to supporting and investing in our titles, including the recently released Company of Heroes 3. We’re confident that following this necessary restructuring, Relic willಌ be in a position of strength to continue delivering outstanding experiences to players all over the world,” the ౠpress release says.

It goes onto say that “Right now our focus is on supporting departing🌄 emp🌺loyees in every way we can.” Again, nothing more specific is mentioned.

Layoffs always suck, especially ones of this magnitude. It’s something we, unfortunately, see a lot of in this industry. Hopefully, those affected can quickly find a new home and continue doing🐓 what they love. I also hope Relic’s “restructuring” goes well, and we can continue to see more from the studio.