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Rumour: Sega Racing Studio closes

by Graham on April 8th, 2008

Reports are coming in suggesting that Sega Racing Studio is closing down, with immediate effect. We are currently treating the news as a rumour, as Sega Europe are yet to confirm the reports.

According to a former staff member from the studio, the Solihull-based outfit has shut down effective immediately.

The studio was founded in 2005 to help Sega establish a racing game team that drew on the UK development sector’s heritage in the genre. Former Codemasters man Guy Wilday was picked to run the studio which in time grew to include over 60 staff working on multiple projects, including the Rally remake and purported new racing IP.

Should the news be true, then it is a sad day for all Sega Nerds. Sega Racing Studio has, so far, only been able to bring out one title this generation, the impressive Sega Rally Revo on the PC, Xbox 360 and PS3.

We shall also need to see if Sega Racing Studio will still be able to deliver any games that are still currently under development, like Storm Chaser, or if the games will be given to other studios to finish off (if at all).

My fingers are crossed, though, that this is all some unfortunate misunderstanding. Sega Racing Studio has/had so much potential to bring back the some classic Sega racing IPs, such as Daytona, Sega Touring Cars, Manx TT, or just to create something new.

[Source: Develop and SEGAOn]

[Special Thanks: Dennis via The Forums]

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