[TimmiT]

https://twitter.com/...166753599164416

So with THQ now dead, their properties and developers are bought by other publishers. SEGA decided to go and buy Relic Entertainment, the developer behind Company of Heroes and the Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War games. Also the Warhammer 40k: Space Marine game. So now Sega has another mostly-PC-exclusive developer that makes games that PC gamers like to buy. Here is Relic's Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia....c_Entertainment

Discuss.

[Dark Sonic]

Sega shouldn't be buying a damn thing. Fix your own franchises you mess of a company.

[STHX]

With Creative assembly (Total War) and Relic (Warhammer) Sega has now full control of the major RTS market. It seems they really want to push the pc as of late.

[360]

Dark Sonic, on 23 January 2013 - 03:25 PM, said:

Sega shouldn't be buying a damn thing. Fix your own franchises you mess of a company.

Sega's software division is broke. Sega Sammy Holdings has two billion dollars in cash reserves. Hence the purchase. I was shocked too. This is what happens when you spend all-day posting on NeoGAF and asking people more informed than you questions. The good news is the doom stories about Sega fading out of existence are all meaningless. The parent company is actually doing rather well (go Pachinko). It's just Sega's software division that is underperforming and was therefore downsized. Probably at the request of Sammy-dominant management. I think this is a good move for Sega. They should be expanding where possible.

If we could somehow rewind time and change history I still wish they would have merged with Namco however.

This post has been edited by 360: 23 January 2013 - 03:36 PM

[TimmiT]

Apparently Sega bought them for 26 million. For comparison, here is what all the developers/properties sold for:

Relic: 26 million by SEGA
Montreal: 2.5 million by Ubisoft
South Park: 3.2 million by Ubisoft
Evolve (Turtle Rock's game): 11 million by Take-Two
Volition (developer of Saints Row franchise): 22.3 million by Koch Media
Homeland: 500k by Crytek
Metro: 5.8 million by Koch Media
Vigil (developer of Darksiders franchise): Nobody, so they're dead.

Overall, SEGA spent more money on this auction than any other developer.

Source:
https://twitter.com/...179272648695808
https://twitter.com/...179610944475137

And yeah, Sega Sammy has loads of money to spend.

This post has been edited by TimmiT: 23 January 2013 - 03:35 PM

[360]

I was just about to post the same. Spending 26 million dollars on a development studio. Something tells me all those stories of "Sega may not exist by 2015" are just misinformed and miscalculated. Sega Sammy Holdings could go on for decades with those cash reserves. Sega outspent every other competing publisher. Financially they're stable and secure.

Shame about Vigil Entertainment. I thought the Darksiders name alone would save them. It appears as though the competing publishers didn't feel the same.

[Shadow Hog]

STHX, on 23 January 2013 - 03:29 PM, said:

With Creative assembly (Total War) and Relic (Warhammer) Sega has now full control of the major RTS market. It seems they really want to push the pc as of late.

Well, they don't own Blizzard, so they don't have full control...

[Donnyku]

oh wow, I didn't realize they also made Homeworld/Homeworld 2, so there's one franchise (if a bit dead now) that I've always enjoyed

[Meat Miracle]

Fucking heresy is what it is.

[TimmiT]

360, on 23 January 2013 - 03:46 PM, said:

Shame about Vigil Entertainment. I thought the Darksiders name alone would save them. It appears as though the competing publishers didn't feel the same.

While the Darksiders games aren't bad, they sold pretty badly.

[Vangar]

SEGA BETTER GIVE ME HOMEWORLD 3.

Seriously god damn it, I need my Homeworld fix. Even a port to a portable or SOMETHING. HD remake? Homeworld Update?!? ARUGH!

[Tiller]

On the plus side Sega's going into PC turf as pointed out, so that's great. This also means Orks will be viable for the next All Stars Game. I'm mad Vigil is about dead. I really dug Darksiders even if 2 was disappointing it was still a well put together game. Knowing that we might not get the next two horseman titles is saddening.

EDIT: Platinum is looking into picking up Vigil and Darksiders. Holy shit this would be awesome.

This post has been edited by Tiller: 23 January 2013 - 08:19 PM

[TimmiT]

From Relic's lunch room:

[Mykonos]

Relic helped out on Impossible Creatures so they're good in my book. Shame that the partnership with Microsoft Games Studio means we'll never see a sequel to that, but alas. A lot of games I don't play mentioned in this thread but hopefully this goes well for SEGA.

[Aesculapius Piranha]

Inb4 Saints Row 4: Shenmue III

Meat Miracle, on 23 January 2013 - 04:14 PM, said:

Fucking heresy is what it is.

/nods

This post has been edited by Aesculapius Piranha: 24 January 2013 - 01:57 AM