"PETA may have gotten all het up about the launch of Super Mario 3D Land and the revival of the Tanooki Suit that they went to the effort of making a macabre game all about it – even though they then claimed it was all a joke in the end – but they missed out on championing their efforts against Sega and their heartless encapsulation of primates in 2001. Sega heartlessly captured innocent monkeys and stuffed them into airtight perspex balls, before then throwing them through deadly obstacle courses hung high above the ground. Their actions were all entirely for the cause of human amusement. However, Sega knew that this act of virtual animal cruelty was by far the best thing they could have done for both puzzle and party games, and in doing so they created an absolute gem."
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."