What is a hero?
It’s a question where its answer has no set definition, at least not in terms of when, where and why some people become what we call heroes.
Brian Wood of Relic Entertainment is a hero. That is a straight fact. A hero. No less.
His very last act, was an act of pure undisputed heroism. No hesitation, just brave and bold reaction to save someone elses life, giving his own in the process. Yes, he gave his life. He did not lose it, he gave it, so that others may continue to live.
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."
Shame about Creative Assembly, they should have just been allowed to do an Alien Isolation sequel.
It was that garbage coh 3 that did them in only a special team can make a sequel worse in every way even though it was a 10 year gap and the same era.
Two Point Studios and Sports Interactive probably run on a shoe string budget so that fits into SEGA better lol
Relic Entertainment announced layoffs affecting 121 employees. The company recently released Company of Heroes 3. It is a subsidiary of Sega.
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Damn ... Company of Heroes 1 is one of my favorite, if not my fav, RTS of all time ...
CoH3 has been received negatively and barely sold 500K on Steam. I reckon it wasn't enough for Sega to keep the lights on in the studio.
Guessing the PS5 version that's out on the 30th will also be a disaster. Shame...
The Humble Company of Heroes Complete Bundle just launched. It includes Company of Heroes, Company of Heroes 2, Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor, and more.
Its hard to see a fellow Vancouver-born Game Designer be murdered and have his life taken away.
May I suggest/proclaim to N4G.com staff and moderators, that the N4G PAX Swag Giveaway should be put on eBay to auction off; with most, preferably all, of the proceeds going to his wife and soon-to-be-born baby?
Please agree if you feel this is the right thing to do.
Sincerely,
HyperBear
P.S. - If anyone of you feel like giving the family some charitable money, you can do so at www.brianwoodmemorialtrust.com