Relic Leisure, the studio behind the likes of Firm of Heroes and Warhammer 40,000: Daybreak of Struggle, has outlined its future plans as an unbiased studio – together with a larger give attention to smaller titles and older video games – following its separation from Sega final 12 months.
Relic was based in 1997, changing into recognized for its work within the real-time technique style because the years went on. In 2013, the studio was acquired by Sega – however the firms final 12 months introduced they’d be parting methods, with Relic changing into unbiased as soon as extra.
Since then, Relic has undergone a interval of downsizing, shedding 41 employees final 12 months (a transfer that adopted a main spherical of redundancies in 2023), however now the studio has reemerged to debate its future plans, saying a “daring” imaginative and prescient that’ll see it specializing in three key areas.
A part of the studio’s new technique will see it ‘actively pursuing’ the event of “smaller-scope, in-house video games” alongside the bigger, extra complicated technique titles it is recognized for – all with a view to “discover new genres and gameplay experiences”.
It additionally intends to ‘re-imagine classics’, by the likes of re-releases, remasters, and “brand-new franchise experiences that seize the spirit of the originals whereas interesting to a brand new era of gamers.” That is alongside Relic’s third focus: a “deepening dedication” to and “sturdy assist” for its present titles, beginning with Firm of Heroes 3.
The studio has already introduced a brand new replace and new DLC for Firm of Heroes 3, each launching this month. Hearth & Metal, because the DLC is thought, guarantees 4 new Battlegroups for multiplayer and co-op/skirmish vs. AI. There’s the Heavy Weapons Battlegroup (US Forces), Terror Battlegroup (Wehrmacht), Canadian Shock Battlegroup (British Forces), and Panzerjäger Kommand Battlegroup (Afrikakorps), with extra particulars to be revealed nearer to launch.
