The waves of layoffs follow one another and are similar. Today it’s SEGA which announces the departure of several employees, but not in its Japanese studio. No, It is SEGA of America which lays off 61 employees at its Irvine campusin California, as reported GamesIndustry.biz.
The 61 people affected by this dismissal will leave their offices on March 8, the information comes as Shuji Utsumi has been appointed CEO of SEGA of America & Europe at the beginning of the year. The employees managed to found a union last July and accused SEGA of America to want to lay off staff in reaction to this union of developers.
As a reminder, SEGA has already laid off people at Creative Assembly after the cancellation of HYENAS, as well as at Relic Entertainment (Company of Heroes). The Japanese studio is expected to unveil this evening Sonic x Shadow Generationsyou can otherwise find Sonic Frontiers from €33.73 on Amazon, Cdiscount, there Fnac And Gamesplanet.
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