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Read More »Sumo enters games publishing with Secret Mode – looks for ‘smaller gems – smart, creative games’
Sumo Group acquires PixelAnt Games
The Wroclaw-based developer is now the tenth studio owned by Sumo Group
Read More »Read the January issue of MCV/DEVELOP online now! Featuring THQ Nordic, PR Panel, Midwinter Entertainment and more
also Elite Dangerous, Unity and next gen, CREY and more
Read More »Sumo spreads the (game) jam around: “We’ve written staff five and six figure cheques for royalties”
Go to work, make games, get paid, doesn’t sound too bad. But Sumo is now also paying staff serious bonuses for the ideas they come up with during in-house game jams. MCV/DEVELOP talks to MD Gary Dunn about the scheme
Read More »Onboarding a whole studio stress free – The inside story of Sumo Digital’s buyout of Lab42
Back in early February two old friends and former colleagues met in a pub to discuss a potential acquisition.
Read More »Read the September issue of MCV/DEVELOP online now! Featuring Frontier’s David Braben, Guildford regional spotlight, Silver Rain, Animal Farm and much more
Also Jagex partners with Flying Wild Hog, Descriptive Video Works, Modern Wolf and more
Read More »Sumo Digital launches training scheme for graduate talent
Sumo Digital has launched a new training scheme, Sumo Digital Academy, which is designed to create alternative pathways into the games industry for graduate talent.
Read More »“We pride ourselves in being a clique free, diverse and friendly team” – James Back, Sumo Leamington
James Back, product director at Sumo Leamington talks about his start in games, the importance of passion and what makes a good product director
Read More »The Yorkshire Games Community – “Yorkshire has a friendliness to it unlike anywhere else I’ve been to”
We talk to leading figures in Yorkshire’s booming games industry to find out why it has become such an important hub for the UK industry
Read More »Sumo Group acquires Leamington-based Lab42 – group now totals 11 studios
Studio's projects to date include work on Yakuza 0 and Yakuza Kiwami, Football Manager Touch 18, Sonic Mania, Terratech, and Fishing Sim World
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