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Type | Private |
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Founded | 2003 |
Headquarters | Sheffield, United Kingdom |
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Owner | Sumo Group Plc[1] |
Number of employees | 500 (2018) |
Subsidiaries | Sumo Digital Nottingham Sumo Digital Pune[2][3] Atomhawk Atomhawk Canada[4] |
Website | www |
Sumo Digital Ltd. is a British independent game development studio based in Sheffield, United Kingdom. Set up in 2003 following the closure of Infogrames Studios Sheffield/Gremlin Interactive.[5][6] Sumo currently employs more than 270 development staff,[7] many of whom had previously worked together at Infogrames and Gremlin.[8]
History[]
The company was formed in 2003 by Carl Cavers, Paul Porter, Darren Mills and James North-Hearn, mostly former members of Gremlin. Carl Cavers joined Gremlin in 1995 as a Quality and Systems Manager, becoming Studio Manager in 1998. Paul Porter wrote the low-level code for the Broken Sword series on PC and PlayStation before joining Gremlin in 1997 to work in R&D. Darren Mills was a Cameraman and Editor for the BBC, ITV and Sky Sports before joining Gremlin in 1995 as Lead Artist, later becoming Studio Art Director at Infogrames Sheffield House.[9] The Infogrames Sheffield Studio itself was originally Gremlin Interactive, prior to Infogrames acquiring the company in 1999.[10]
On 17 August 2007, Sumo Digital was acquired by Foundation 9 Entertainment,[11] and joined Foundation 9's collection of independent studios.[12] However, on 11 November 2014 the executive team completed a management buyout, gaining independence from Foundation 9 Entertainment.[13]
Several staff members from now-defunct game studios Bizarre Creations and Black Rock Studio are confirmed to be working for Sumo Digital.[14] It has three game studios, Sumo Digital Nottingham and Sumo Digital Sheffield in the U.K and Sumo Digital Pune in India.[2][3]
Games developed[]
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: - ↑ "article on F1 2011's 3DS release date". Videogamer.com. 25 November 2011. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
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