Formerly Secret Level, An Acquisition Pushed by Former SOA Head
Today was not a Good Friday for the now former employees of Sega Studios in San Francisco.
The developer once known as Secret Level officially shut down today after a day or two of rumors professing the closure was imminent, according to an IGN report. Unclear at the moment is how many jobs were lost, but the number may be over 100.
The studio was acquired in 2006 once they started development on Golden Axe: Beast Rider. It was former Sega of America head Simon Jeffery’s idea to acquire them, and from there, the studio enjoyed a large expansion. But in recent months, reports surfaced that told of appreciable turnover at the development house.
Sega Studios’s last work, the video game adaptation of Iron Man 2, will still be released in May.
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Crap. That stinks. Stupid Economy…
yeah so still exited about new sonic game
They’re the ones who made Golden Axe and Iron Man?
No big loss then.
Dah! Saddened me enough to see Sonic Team of America leave San Fransisco. Still love them for their San Fransisco references in SA2. Ah well…
Shit they made SA2, I will miss them
City Escape, Mission Street, Radical Highway, Route 101
For all time.
While I’m sad to see people go jobless, they WERE a pretty crap developer.
Crysore, this team had NOTHING to do with SA2. That was Sega Studios USA/Sonic Team USA, something COMPLETELY different. And that team wasn’t shut down; they simply merged back with the original Sonic Team in Japan.
Oh no, that’s sad.
But High Voltage software with Iron man 2 for Wii? That’s awesome! But what’s not so awesome is that the game for sure is bad.. so they got a lot to fix! Poor HVS… Conduit 2!!!
Good riddance that studio sucked anyway.
Oh no. Sega Studios has been shut down? Aw man.
crap this really sucks i wanted to work for Sega when i graduated from high school
I wonder if it’s just gonna be shut down or if someone will buy it up.
Tizo Teh Hedgie
Wow 100 people just lost ther jobs and you say that? Thanks for that ya heartless fuck.