Relic says it will continue to support its existing games after being sold by Sega

[Pelican Press 0]

Relic says it will continue to support its existing games after being sold by *****

Relic Entertainment has said it will continue supporting its existing games following the news that it’s to be sold by current owner *****.

On Monday, ***** announced it’s selling Vancouver, Canada-based Relic, which specialises in real-time strategy games including the Company of Heroes, Age of Empires and Homeworld series.

The ********* company said it was selling Relic to a holding company to be newly established by the *** investment firm Emona Capital LLP, but that further details weren’t being disclosed at the transferee’s request.

In its own statement, Relic

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: “With an external investor, Relic Entertainment will become an independently-run development studio. This is a huge change for us, but one thing does not change: we want to create amazing experiences for our players.

“To our fans, we want to assure you we will continue to support our titles, including Company of Heroes 3 – we are looking forward to the 1.6 Update in April, loaded with new content and features requested by our community.

“We want to thank *****, whose support over the years and guidance during this transition have been instrumental to our success. We may be out of the ***** business, but we remain friends and colleagues.

“We are excited about this next chapter for Relic, and we hope you will all join us in creating new experiences for our fans worldwide.”

***** Europe ***** off 121 employees at Relic last May, shortly before the studio’s most recent game, Company of Heroes 3, made the jump from PC to consoles.

The ***** of Relic comes as part of wider restructuring announced by ***** on Thursday.

The company is also laying off 240 staff, with the majority of the job cuts being made at Creative Assembly and ***** Europe, and a smaller number being cut at ***** Hardlight, all three of which are based in the ***.

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