The on-going effects of the natural disaster are seen to be almost as devastating as the first occurrence, and the toll the events will take on Japan will surely be no less than catastrophic. Many have pledged to help the nation in different ways, be it through a small personal donation or becoming involved in the aid relief first-hand, but it appears as though British developers Sports Interactive and the publisher of their products, SEGA, are the first videogame companies to become involved in the relief effort.
Sega has released its financial statement for the 2023-24 fiscal year, and profits may be up, but it's mostly not down to video games.
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."
This is nice. I hope Sony joins.
Always there when you need them the most.