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jarrod on 02 April 2010

Sega's 2nd studio closure this gen, and also their 2nd focused exclusively on HD systems... here's the article...

Sega Closes Iron Man 2 Developer

Posted April 2, 2010 by David Radd

Yesterday, IndustryGamers received a tip that Sega Studios San Francisco was closing its doors. Sure enough, Sega confirmed to us today that they are indeed shuttering the studio.

"Sega of America is sad to announce the closure of Sega Studios San Francisco,” confirmed a Sega rep to IndustryGamers. “It is an immensely talented studio and we wish all the best to all of the staff in all their future endeavors. Moving forward, Sega will continue to pursue external development opportunities all over the world and will continue to grow the renowned Sega brand."

Sega Studios San Francisco (mostly made up of personnel from Secret Level), was responsible for the Iron Man movie game and Golden Axe: Beast Rider. It is believed that development of theIron Man 2 game concluded shortly before the announcement of the studio closure.

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badgenome on 02 April 2010

That'll teach them to rape Golden Axe.

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SHMUPGurus on 02 April 2010

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saicho on 02 April 2010

till don'badgenome said:
That'll teach them to rape Golden Axe.

I still don't know how anyone could mess up Golden Axe.

MikeB predicts that the PS3 will sell about 140 million units by the end of 2016 and triple the amount of 360s in the long run.

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Barozi on 02 April 2010

One shovelware studio less

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jarrod on 02 April 2010

At this point Sega's only got Sports Interactive, The Creative Assembly and (sort of) Prope left for external studios. I who's going to go next?

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hunter_alien on 02 April 2010

Good... they only made bad games anyways. Maybe they made what they could with the time and money they got, but still, a bad studio is a bad studio...

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