Although Child of Eden fans may argue with this claim, Rise of Nightmares is the first real game for Kinect. Rise of Nightmares has a story, a main character who you move freely around a 3D environment and a fully realized combat system. The fact that it has taken almost a year for a company to develop a conventional game on the Kinect speaks to the challenges involved.
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."
Most new IPs take about 3 to 5 years to develop. RoNM is a good first effort, but could have been much better if they had time to impliment tighter controls.