The condition of Relic Entertainment, the popular strategy developers behind fantastic franchises like Company Of Heroes, has been somewhat rocky. After being sold by Sega, firing many employees, and essentially becoming an independent development team, many were unsure about their future.
Luckily, they’ve recently revealed hopeful plans for the coming years, including a new business strategy. Their main priorities seem to be maintaining a steady content output, including new experiences and DLC.
This all comes from an update with gamedeveloper.com, where Relic Entertainment CEO Justin Dowdeswell describes precisely what measures are being taken to not only increase the quality of upcoming titles, but also maintain job security within the company.
These are plans to shrink development times, meaning games should come out within a much shorter timeframe. Additionally, games like Company Of Heroes 3 should get much-needed expansions and updates to help revitalize and reinvigorate the player base.
Within this update, Dowdeswell describes the main changes within the company, with shorter development times at the forefront. This will be done primarily by shortening the scope and limiting the time frame games will take to release.
Dowdeswell explained that the company is “looking to operate with smaller teams on shorter...
