Two days ago, THQ announced it’s realigning its resources, shutting down two of its Australia-based studios: the Melbourne-based Blue Tongue Entertainment and the Brisbane-based THQ Studio Australia. Today, Sega Studios Australia’s head honcho, Marcus Fielding, has shown interest in THQ’s dismissed devs.
Fielding told MCV that Sega is looking to “explore our short term hiring strategy to reflect the sudden influx of talent in Australia.” He added that he hopes to “announce the potential for taking on more staff soon.”
Sega Studios Australia is currently the largest video game development studio in Brisbane, and is busy working on London 2012 – The Official Video Game of the Olympic Games for the PS3, Xbox 360 and PC platforms. Over the last several years, Australia has lost a handful of Brisbane-based studios including Pandemic Australia, Auran, and most of Krome.
Sega Australia boss shows interest in acquiring ex-THQ talent down under originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 11 Aug 2011 15:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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