"In a small two-TV kiosk at the Sega booth, I encountered something quite remarkable. A man with a Sega shirt directed me toward what would turn out to be one of the best racing games I’ve played at NYCC.
Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed is a kart racing game filled with Sega stars of days past. As far as kart games go, this one looked very crisp and responsive."
- Tom Farndon
SEGA has announced Fearless: Year of Shadow, a campaign that celebrates Sonic the Hedgehog and his brooding acquaintance, Shadow.
GamesIndustry.biz writes: "Relic is best known for the Company of Heroes and Dawn of War games, and recently developed the new Age of Empires for Microsoft. Relic will transition to an independent studio and will no-longer be part of the Sega group of studios.
The majority of the 240 job cuts are across Creative Assembly and Sega Europe, while there will be a ‘small number’ cut from Sega HARDLight. There was no mention of other Sega UK studios, including Two Point Studios and Sports Interactive."
Sega had such a turbulent existence from the mid-90s to when they dropped out of console manufacturing entirely in 2001, it’s understandable if you’ve never heard of the Genesis Nomad.