The Australian development scene is about to take another hit, as Sega has confirmed it will shutter the Brisbane-based Sega Studios Australia later this year.
Founded in 2002 as Creative Assembly Australia, the studio began initially worked on the Creative Assembly’s Total War series, releasing Medieval II: Total War and the Medieval II: Total War Kingdoms expansion pack. However, it switched gears for 2009’s Stormrise, a critically panned real-time strategy game designed from the ground up for consoles instead of PCs.
After that, the studio changed its name and began working outside the Creative Assembly’s favored genre of strategy games. Its most recent release was last year’s London 2012 Olympics tie-in, which received Metacritic scores between 64 and 66, depending on the platform.
Sega Studios Australia joins Team Bondi, THQ Studios Australia, Transmission Games, as developers down under who have closed in recent years.
