SEGA announced that multiplayer first-person shooter HYENAS has been canceled alongside various unannounced SEGA Europe games. Developer Creative Assembly notes that the cancelations and SEGA Europe restructuring results in unfortunate job losses.
HYENAS was originally announced in June 2022 as a bold new shooter from SEGA Europe and Creative Assembly. Unfortunately, reception for the new game was lukewarm in the competitive shooter market. SEGA eventually decided to reevaluate its European counterpart, leading to a company-wide review of SEGA Europe and its games.
HYENAS and Other SEGA Europe Games Canceled
SEGA states that the cancelation of HYENAS and multiple unannounced SEGA Europe games is a result of lower profitability in the European region. The company led a title portfolio review of each development base in Europe according to its latest IR release. HYENAS developer Creative Assembly has begun a redundancy consultation process, which means jobs will be lost in a cost-cutting measure.
Lastly, here’s a message posted by Creative Assembly’s official Twitter account:
We have made the incredibly difficult decision to begin a redundancy consultation process in some areas of our UK operations, alongside ending development of HYENAS.
This may, unfortunately, result in job losses.
We fully understand that this has a significant impact on our people whether they are directly affected or not—which we are truly sorry for.
We have always aimed to operate as a “people-first” studio; that is foundational to our values and culture. While we must go through this incredibly difficult process, we will prioritize supporting our people at every step.
For those whose jobs are at risk we will work to re-allocate them into other available roles within Creative Assembly wherever possible, and ultimately minimize any job losses.
Our commitment to our projects and players has not changed; we will deliver more incredible experiences to our players all over the world for decades to come.
While this is a difficult moment across CA, we look forward to sharing more about our plans in the future.
