Sumo Group, the UK-based video games studio behind Snake Move dev Sumo Digital and writer Secret Mode, has introduced that its improvement group will transition to work “completely on improvement providers for companions” and has warned of “an influence on our studios and folks” consequently (due to Push Sq. for the heads up).
Revealed in a enterprise replace on the Sumo Group web site, the studio introduced the “strategic determination to focus Sumo Digital completely on improvement providers for companions”. Whereas it claimed that it has “embraced alternatives to develop [its] personal IP” previously, the choice is a part of making certain the “long-term stability and success of our enterprise”.
The submit didn’t affirm which groups or what quantity of the workforce will probably be affected by this transition, although the assertion claimed that the studio is “dedicated to minimising this influence as a lot as doable,” and is “exploring all choices to retain expertise, and [is] supporting these affected with transparency, care, and compassion”.
This variation, the studio notes, may have “no influence on current or future commitments with companions” and can permit it to “strengthen [its] place as a premium improvement associate” going ahead.
The studio, which is owned by Chinese language conglomerate Tencent, laid off 15% of its workforce final 12 months, with groups throughout Canada, the UK, Poland, Czech Republic and India all affected.
Whereas Sumo Group is arguably higher recognized for its work with bigger companions — Group Sonic Racing, LittleBigPlanet 3, The Texas Chainsaw Bloodbath — its unique IP work has produced some charming outcomes just like the 2017 puzzler Snake Move and final 12 months’s Critter Café.
