Friday 11 April 2014

Sega Europe hit with layoffs

SEGA has announced layoffs at its European division based in London in an effort to reconstruct its departments. The Sonic the Hedgehog and Mobile departments will be consolidated within SEGA of America Inc. based in San Francisco, California.

Speaking to Polygon, SEGA of America confirmed the job losses and said:

“Sega is in the process of consolidating certain functions of the Sonic and Mobile departments within Sega of America, where the management and production for those areas of the business reside,” we were told. “As part of that strategy a limited number of redundancies have taken effect in our European office, based in London.”

This comes following layoffs late the previous year as a reaction to the “ever-changing environment” of the game industry, and closures of several offices in both Europe and Australia back in 2012 to focus on their four main franchises: Sonic, Aliens, Football Manager and Total War. Regardless, all the best to the people affected by this move for the future!