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Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2012 12:35 pm
by Quills on Wheels
You are right. I do mostly care about official. Though I do like making my own sonic things every once in a while. I made my own Sonic book mark for instance.


I wouldn't know how to make a Bean Bag anyway.

Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2012 1:58 am
by TCB
To be honest, if I don't have the money to buy something like the Tails statue, well I'm not going to fawn and whine over how I don't have itLooks good yeah, but...argh...

Just something I need to get off.

Gamasutra: "SEGA Studios Australia lays off 37 staff, focusing on digital releases"

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 4:13 pm
by Twinny
Things are not looking good for SEGA's Aussie headquarters as they announced the lay off of about 40 of its staff members yesterday. This is because of a "restructuring that aim to focus on digital releases," says the the video game business website Gamasutra.

SEGA Studios Australia are currently known as the development team behind the "Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games" that's awaiting a 3DS release very soon.The statement was sent to Kotaku in which the third-party company said as the game reaches it's final stages "it must take steps to ensure long-term growth and success."

In turn, the studio has now signed a multi-product deal towards releasing SEGA games on the digital marketplace, however it is currently unknown on info on these titles but will make light of it "in the near future."

Read the rest of the story, including more on SEGA's official statement from the link above or below.

SOURCE: www.gamasutra.com

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 8:39 pm
by TCB
Not sounding good for Sega Studios Austrialia...to be honest, I didn't believe SEGA's Aussie department had that much say in major production. Sounds stupid but can't think of how I wanted this to sound.

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 8:51 pm
by Reknoc
Not really surprising as they weren't really doing much other than the upcoming Olympic game

Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 6:20 am
by Quills on Wheels
Hm... I'm not understanding this properly.

...so have 37 staff been fired or something?

Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 4:45 pm
by Reknoc
Biggest sonic fan wrote:Hm... I'm not understanding this properly.

...so have 37 staff been fired or something?
Yes.

Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2012 6:22 am
by Quills on Wheels
Interesting.

Seems Sega Studios Australia is coming more and more into the news.

Maybe it's not much of a stranded place after all, though the news are pretty shit.

Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2012 7:25 pm
by Twinny
So SEGA's mascot was at the International Toy Fair in the form of array of figures on display, and wow, isn't this a find?

Click to reveal

Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2012 7:39 pm
by Tru
METAL SONIC PLUSHIE.

As a rabid Sonic fan that needs to be put down for the good of humanity, all of this stuff makes me foam at the mouth.