Relic is in trouble - 121 employees fired
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https://twitter.com/relicgames/status/1661060864651452416
https://www.reddit.com/r/CompanyOfHeroes/comments/13pvaw8/about_todays_message_from_relic/
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"next week we’ll share more information about what’s coming up for the game."
Its DoW3 all over again.
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Now everything makes sense? Slow patches, still no replays, no new maps and last balance patch was almost 1 month ago. After all, they have been fooling us all this time. On the other hand, I feel bad when people lose their jobs, I hope they find opportunities in other companies.
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The last good game that they launched was Dawn of War 2. Every game after that has been an epic failure on release. Company of Heroes 2 launch, Dawn of War 3, Age of Empires 4 and now Company of Heroes 3 have all had terrible launches.
Combine that with anti-consumer tactics (Modding has been stripped/locked down compared with COH1 to make way for DLC)
Recycling the same game numerous times with the same bugs across all titles Relic got what they deserved. They really needed to put out some quality work but instead they were too busy damaging their brand with how lazy they are.
For example tooltips that are not accurate, broken things left in the games for monthes.
Relic used to make top quality products. Now they only make trash.
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how many are left?
I thought it is a rather small studio.
10 left? 50 left? 200 left?
cheers
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https://rocketreach.co/relic-entertainment-profile_b5c49e94f42e0dc4#:~:text=417%20people%20are%20employed%20at%20Relic%20Entertainment.
so it is like 25% off?
that is tough, but not the end of the world........
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Although it wasn't surprising.
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https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/update-from-relic-entertainment-relic-entertainment?trk=public_post_feed-article-content
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FF14 MMORPG?
It is the end for COH. Relic failed hard.
Best wishes to those laid off. The bosses at relic needed to go!
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*console port
*ESG
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Dawn of War 3's loyal player base was deemed too small to justify further investment in the game, with Relic and Sega chiefs expressing doubt that updates could turn things around. The decision to leave Dawn of War 3 behind means no new races will be added to the game, nor any expansions released, which will come as a disappointment to fans. Dawn of War 3 launched with just three races (Space Marines, Orks and Eldar) and the expectation was more would be added post-launch.
We first heard Relic had considered Dawn of War 3's future late in 2017, but today Relic, via publisher Sega, issued Eurogamer a statement addressing the issue. The statement, below, is ambiguous in that it suggests Relic is still working out Dawn of War's future, but we understand there are no plans for new contente.
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But who am i kidding, time to let go of that last slither of hope, of coh3 becoming decent.
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Apparently the affected employees get a 30 minute notice before getting fired. What the hell...
Fuck, that's cold man. Holding out hope that Gabby's "still committed to COH3" isn't just empty words and we can at least still get slow patches as before (and probably count ourselves lucky Relic didn't go full DOW3 on us)
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My bets why this happened:
*ESG
ESG = A feel-good scam.
Speaking of corporate power, people need to learn the big difference between real entrepreneurship vs financial parasites (robber barons) /fraud/unethical business practices.
For those interested in real entrepreneurship this Youtube channel is a good example;
https://www.youtube.com/@VALUETAINMENT
Also walking the talk;
Patrick Bet-David Offers Tucker Carlson $100 Million To Join Valuetainment;
How ESG Is Destroying American Corporate Culture;
Just one of many unethical business practice;
As the war drums start beating, corporate shills either get in line or get fired. As with Tucker Carlson, the same thing happened to Phil Donahue as he dared to do real journalism before the Iraq war;
https://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/26/business/msnbc-cancels-the-phil-donahue-talk-show.html
When Chinese state media is doing more journalism than Western legacy media (corporate propaganda machine), you know that these financial parasites/robber barons have gone completely off the rails.
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How can it not be empty words? Relic strung along Dawn of War III players with promises of an "update" for two months before it was revealed that the "update" was that the game was being euthanized. They've done this whole thing before, with the exception that this time their survival as a company is in jeopardy.
Well, one way or another, we'll know before the end of the year if it'll stand up or gets scrapped up.
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