After killing Hyenas, Sega is banishing Creative Assembly back to genres it already knows well

After deep-sixing Hyenas out of the blue earlier this year, Sega has revealed that it plans to have Creative Assembly redirect its attention towards genres that it’s already proven itself in going forwards.The Japanese publisher cancelled the multiplayer FPS and a number of other unannounced titles back in September, having made the decision following a review conducted “in response to the lower profitability of the European region”. In a statement posted to Twitter in the aftermath of the move, Creative Assembly suggested that Sega’s choice hadn’t been easy to accept and alluded to its plans for the game being “ambitious”.Now, as reported by VGC, Sega Sammy Holdings president and CEO Haruki Satomi has shed more light on what happened to the game in the publisher’s eyes, as part of a recent financial results briefing presentation. Read more