SEGA Studio Closure

[Foxrac]

Birmingham has one less game developer to kick around.
by Greg Miller
April 9, 2008 - Today, SEGA announced the closure of SEGA Racing Studio in Birmingham, United Kingdom, due to a fiscal examination. The first and last game the studio put out was SEGA Rally Revo, which IGN scored as a 7.8 on the PSP and an 8.0 on the PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

A SEGA spokesperson issued a three-sentence statement to IGN.

"Regrettably SEGA today announced that it is to commence consultation with a view to the unfortunate closure of the SEGA Racing Studio in Birmingham, UK," the statement read. "The decision is part of a review of SEGA's Western Development Studios to ensure that each studio is a profitable entity in its own right, and unfortunately the SEGA Racing Studio's five-year plan would not result in a successful return for the SEGA business moving forward. SEGA would like to stress that there will be no changes within their other internal development studios."

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