Canada-based studio Relic Entertainment, which recently released Company of Heroes 3, did receive some good news in the midst of these layoffs. The company announced on X (formerly Twitter) that it is becoming an independent studio thanks to the help of “an external investor” who went unnamed.

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    8 months ago

    Why would Larian do this? I am all for the return on scaled back indie studios, especially ones with strong identities like Relic

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        8 months ago

        It was a play on the Eric Andre meme, following Swen Vincke’s comments recently and his speech at the game awards “We don’t have shareholders, but we also don’t think about them,”. Which maybe got through to a few studios that have the ability to take back their independence, especially those under the likes of Embracer, who are currently haemorrhaging money.