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28 Apr 2019, 22:33 PM
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Re-post from reddit:
https://www.reddit.com/r/CompanyOfHeroes/comments/bhw1er/new_sega_europe_ca_studio


Creative Assembly/Sega opened a new studio in Bulgaria. This includes Sega Europe’s new QA team that will support future CoH games and core IPs owned by Sega.
Currently looks like Microsoft is not buying the CoH IP but their buying spree is not over and MS need a strategy studio.
https://www.creative-assembly.com/blog/creative-assembly-and-sega-open-new-state-art-studio-bulgaria
https://twitter.com/CAGames/status/1116680521638137856
SEGA and Creative Assembly have opened a joint new state-of-the-art studio in Sofia, Bulgaria. This follows the acquisition of Creative Assembly Sofia in 2017 and the future transition of SEGA Europe’s QA services to Sofia. Tim Heaton, Studio Director at Creative Assembly and EVP of SEGA Studios in the West, said; “Our new studio is designed to promote creativity and collaboration, providing ample room to grow our talented Sofia team, and create more world-class gaming experiences. “Bulgaria is an ideal place for a growing game development community, already being a European leader for IT development and having a history of technological accomplishment and innovation. It offers a new hub of talented aspiring game developers that we can nurture in an experienced AAA environment.”

From local news (google translate):
https://www.pcgamesinsider.biz/job-news/68852/creative-assembly-expands-sofa-bulgaria-office-sega-staffing-up-qa-staff-in-the-region/
Sega Europe boss Gary Dale: "Sega is in the process of recruiting new testers and a management team by working closely with the existing Sega quality operations in the United Kingdom. The team in England is at the heart of this transfer of development services to Sofia, providing training, support and guidance to this new team. By June 2021, the transition will be completed and we will have a large team of permanent employees and civilian employees who will help us make sure that the games we run are pre-tested strictly."

Sources & Articles that could be relevant
1. Sega will shift QA team from UK to Bulgaria (October 2018):
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-10-11-sega-shifts-qa-team-from-uk-to-bulgaria
2. Sega expands Creative Assembly with Crytek Black Sea acquisition (March 2017)
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2017-03-07-sega-expands-creative-assembly-with-crytek-black-sea-acquisition
3. Sega Europe promotes John Clark, Tim Heaton (July 2017)
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2017-07-25-sega-europe-promotes-john-clark-tim-heaton
https://www.linkedin.com/in/timheaton1/
4. Alex Peters joins Sega as VP of production and development (February 2018). Former DICE COO and Relic studio head.
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-02-09-jobs-roundup-alex-peters-joins-sega-as-vp-of-production-and-development
https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexpeters99/
28 Apr 2019, 23:16 PM
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That studio has been opened since 2017/2018 dude, they just opened up a new office.

Also fun fact, they're an ex studio of Crytek, peeps that made the game Crisis and Ryse: Son of Rome.
28 Apr 2019, 23:51 PM
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That studio has been opened since 2017/2018 dude, they just opened up a new office.

Also fun fact, they're an ex studio of Crytek, peeps that made the game Crisis and Ryse: Son of Rome.

That was obvious in the quotes, but maybe bad wording from me;
This follows the acquisition of Creative Assembly Sofia in 2017 and the future transition of SEGA Europe’s QA services to Sofia.
29 Apr 2019, 00:08 AM
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That was obvious in the quotes, but maybe bad wording from me;


Oh yeah sorry then.

I really do think CA is going to be working on CoH3 for some weird reason tho, just a hunch on my end maybe because of Halo Wars 2.
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