Sega sells Relic and will cut 240 jobs across UK studios

GamesIndustry.biz writes: "Relic is best known for the Company of Heroes and Dawn of War games, and recently developed the new Age of Empires for Microsoft. Relic will transition to an independent studio and will no-longer be part of the Sega group of studios.The majority of the 240 job cuts are across Creative Assembly and Sega Europe, while there will be a small number cut from Sega HARDLight. There was no mention of other Sega UK studios, including Two Point Studios and Sports Interactive."