Sumo Digital, the studio best known for its work on Team Sonic Racing and SackBoy: Big Adventure, has revealed it is no longer going to work on original IP, but instead focus on work on titles with its development partners.
Speaking in a statement today, Sumo Digital indicated that there will be layoffs as result of what it calls a “strategic decision to focus Sumo Digital exclusively on development services for partners.”
After careful consideration, we have made the strategic decision to focus Sumo Digital exclusively on development services for partners – our core strength and the foundation of our success.
This will strengthen our position as a premium development partner, leveraging our expertise to contribute to and create great games for our clients. Whether collaborating on new or established games, co-developing games, providing specialist engineering, or porting services; we are confident in our teams’ exceptional talent and our ability to thrive in this next chapter. Unavoidably this transition will have an impact on our studios and people. We are committed to minimising this impact as much as possible, exploring all options to retain talent, and supporting those affected with transparency, care, and compassion.
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Sumo Digital announced back in July 2024 that it was planning to lay off 15% of its total workforce.
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