How Sumo Digital will help The Chinese Room ‘take the jump up to the next level’

For 15 years Sumo Digital has worked on some of the biggest mainstream console franchises around, in the very top tier of work-for-hire studios, but it has never been known for creating and managing its own IP. So it came as something of a surprise last month to find that the company acquired indie-darling developer The Chinese Room.

 

 

Sumo Group (LON:SUMO award-winning businesses provide creative and development services to the video games and entertainment industries, from studios in Sheffield, Newcastle, Nottingham, Brighton, Pune (India) and Vancouver (Canada).

 The Group’s operating businesses include Sumo Digital and Atomhawk.  Sumo Digital, its primary business, is one of the UK’s largest independent developers of AAA-rated video games, providing both turnkey and co-development solutions to an international blue-chip client base.  The Sumo Digital studio in Brighton operates under the name of The Chinese Room and was acquired in August 2018.  Atomhawk, a complementary business acquired in June 2017, is a multi-award winning visual design company, servicing the games, film and visual effects industries. Together, the Group delivers full-service visual and development solutions, which include initial concepts and pre-production, production and development, and post-release support.

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