Sumo Digital

British video game developer

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2025 Secret Mode subsidiary divested by Sumo Group
March 3 2025 Secret Mode is sold to Emona Capital to operate as a fully independent games publisher.
February 2025 Sumo Digital abandoned plans to develop their own intellectual property.
2024 Developing Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League for Windows, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S, to be published by Warner Bros. Games
2024 Upcoming games include Stampede: Racing Royale for Microsoft Windows and Xbox Series X/S, DeathSprint 66 for Microsoft Windows, and Critter Cafe for Microsoft Windows and Nintendo Switch
June 11 2024 Sumo Group announces plans to lay off up to 15% of its workforce and shut down Timbre Games.
2023 Developed Hogwarts Legacy for multiple platforms including Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, and Nintendo Switch, published by Warner Bros. Games
2023 Developed The Texas Chain Saw Massacre for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S
September 2023 Sumo Group acquires Midoki, a Leamington Spa-based game development studio.
July 21 2022 Sumo Group sells Pipeworks Studios to Jagex for an undisclosed sum.
January 17 2022 Sumo Group is delisted from the London Stock Exchange and becomes a subsidiary of Tencent.
January 13 2022 The High Court of Justice approves Tencent's acquisition of Sumo Group.
2021 Developed Call of Duty: Vanguard for multiple platforms including Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S, published by Activision
2021 Developed Forza Horizon 4 for Microsoft Windows, published by Xbox Game Studios
2021 Developed Forza Horizon 5 for Microsoft Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S, published by Xbox Game Studios
2021 Developed Hood: Outlaws & Legends for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S
December 2021 Tencent's acquisition of Sumo Group is approved by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States.
September 2021 Sumo Group acquires Auroch Digital, a Bristol-based game developer.
July 2021 Tencent and Sumo Group agree that Tencent will wholly acquire the company through its subsidiary Sixjoy Hong Kong Limited.
March 2021 Sumo Group opens its publishing label, Secret Mode.
February 2021 Sumo Digital acquired Polish video game studio PixelAnt Games.
2020 Developed Sackboy: A Big Adventure for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and Microsoft Windows
2020 Sumo Digital was involved with Project Nova, a game developed for Microsoft Windows and published by CCP Games.
2020 Released Spyder for iOS and tvOS
2020 Released Hotshot Racing for Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One, published by Curve Digital
October 2020 Sumo Group acquires Pipeworks Studios.
October 2020 Sumo Digital announced a partnership with blockchain-company Dapper Labs.
May 2020 Sumo Group acquired Lab42 and its 29 employees based in Leamington Spa.
2019 Developed Crackdown 3 for Microsoft Windows and Xbox One for Xbox Game Studios
2019 Released Team Sonic Racing for Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One
November 2019 Tencent purchased a minority stake in Sumo Group, beginning its strategic investment in the company.
October 2019 Sumo North West was opened in Warrington, England, led by Evolution Studios co-founder Scott Kirkland.
February 2019 Sumo Digital opened a new studio in Leamington Spa, England, focusing on mobile game development.
February 2019 Sumo Digital acquired work-for-hire video game studio Red Kite Games.
2018 Developed Hitman 2 for Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Stadia, published by IO Interactive
2018 Sumo Digital ported Payday 2 to Nintendo Switch, published by Starbreeze Studios
August 2018 Sumo Digital acquired game developer The Chinese Room.
January 2018 Sumo Digital acquired CPP Newcastle, the Gateshead-based studio of CCP Games.
2017 Released Snake Pass for Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One
December 2017 Parent company Sumo Group was formed and floated.
2016 Developed Hitman for multiple platforms including Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Linux, MacOS, and Stadia, published by IO Interactive
January 2016 Sumo Digital opened its third development studio, Sumo Nottingham, in Nottingham, England.
2015 Ian Livingstone begins serving as chairman of Sumo Group.
2015 Sumo Digital developed Forza Horizon 2 Presents Fast & Furious for Xbox 360, published by Microsoft Studios
2015 Worked on Disney Infinity 3.0, released across multiple platforms including Windows, PlayStation, Xbox, Wii U, and mobile devices, published by Disney Interactive Studios
2014 Sumo Digital developed Forza Horizon 2 for Xbox 360, published by Microsoft Studios
2014 Developed LittleBigPlanet 3 for PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 for Sony Computer Entertainment
November 2014 Sumo Digital's management completed a management buyout from Foundation 9, backed by NorthEdge Capital.
2013 Developed Xbox Fitness for Xbox One, published by Microsoft Studios
2012 Released Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed across Android, iOS, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, Wii U, and Xbox 360

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