Sega cancels Hyenas, Creative Assembly layoffs likely

Ruh roh.

Sega has cancelled Hyenas, an extraction shooter in development at Alien Isolation‘s Creative Assembly. It’s also been confirmed that Creative Assembly is expecting layoffs to occur at the studio.

“In response to the lower profitability of the European region, we have reviewed the title portfolio of each development base in Europe and the resulting action will be to cancel Hyenas and some unannounced titles under development,” Sega parent company, Sega Sammy, said in a matter-of-fact statement.

IGN reports that Creative Assembly itself was told of the cancellation on the same day as Sega Sammy’s announcement.

In its own statement, Creative Assembly says that the move “may… result in job losses”.

“We have made the incredibly difficult decision to begin a redundancy consultation process in some areas of our UK operations, alongside ending development of Hyenas,” the statement begins. “This may, unfortunately, result in job losses.

“We fully understand that this has a significant impact on our people whether they are directly affected or not – which we are truly sorry for.

“We have always aimed to operate as a ‘people-first’ studio; that is foundational to our values and culture. While we must go through this incredibly difficult process, we will prioritise supporting our people at every step.”

Creatively Assembly said it will “will work to re-allocate [those with jobs at risk] into other available roles within CA wherever possible, and ultimately minimise any job losses.”

Hyenas was first announced in June 2022. It was in the works for Windows PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series S, Xbox Series X, PS4 and PS5 .