News Sumo Group (Sumo Digital/Secret Mode) is restructuring and laying off 15% of staff across the group in Canada, UK, Poland, Czech Republic and India

[sagadego20]

https://www.sumogroupltd.com/news/2024/sumo-group-update/

Following an internal announcement to our people please see a business update from Sumo Group below.

Every day the incredibly talented people across Sumo studios are dedicated to creating great games and bringing ground-breaking experiences to players worldwide. That work and dedication over the past 21 years has helped to put Sumo on the map and build a family of studios that are second to none, and we are incredibly proud of what Sumo has become.

Whilst Sumo has been able to manage through many of the recent difficulties the games industry has faced, we have not been immune and reshaping operations across the business to better navigate the upcoming challenges expected in the coming months is a path we must now take to ensure the security of the business going forward.

The difficult decision to reduce our costs across the business in a number of ways is a direct result of these challenges, and unfortunately will include a reduction in the number of people the business can support. Every alternate route to limit the impact to our people is being considered but sadly this process of transformation will affect up to 15% of our people across the Group in Canada, UK, Poland, Czech Republic and India.

 

[Dardan Sandiego]

Christ, Sumo has over 1000 employees. Hope everyone lands on their feet.

 

[sagadego20]

Christ, Sumo has over 1000 employees. Hope everyone lands on their feet.

150 employees let go, shit

 

[the_marmolade]

150 employees let go, shit

250*

 

[Aether]

... Sorry, what did they do? I haven't seen that many games of them over the years, I just remember some port involvement (sonic racing transformed?) and snake pass.

Always bad, but... Not unexpected. Gaming is not the only industry currently downsizing. :/

Checked, yeah, a couple of big ports and some developments (like the last sackboy game) ... No wonder that they had 1000 people over 7 divisions

But also, looking at their output ... Not to my taste.

 

[sagadego20]

250*

Oh fuck

 

[blondkayvon]

... Sorry, what did they do? I haven't seen that many games of them over the years, I just remember some port involvement (sonic racing transformed?) and snake pass.

Always bad, but... Not unexpected. Gaming is not the only industry currently downsizing. :/

Checked, yeah, a couple of big ports and some developments (like the last sackboy game) ... No wonder that they had 1000 people over 7 divisions

But also, looking at their output ... Not to my taste.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumo_Digital

They developed the Sonic racing games, not just ported. They also made Sackboy and co-developed several pretty big games.

 

[Triistan]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumo_Digital

They developed the Sonic racing games, not just ported. They also made Sackboy and co-developed several pretty big games.

And don’t sleep on Snake Pass, an hidden gem



Edit: sorry, already mentioned

 

[Kool Savis]

And don’t sleep on Snake Pass, an hidden gem



Edit: sorry, already mentioned

Its a good example of a "Rare-like" game, that brings you back to the 90's.

 

[Triistan]

Its a good example of a "Rare-like" game, that brings you back to the 90's.

Absolutely, I’d really love to see a DK game by sumo, so sad for the layoff.

 

[Dardan Sandiego]

Sumo Digital announced today that it’s laying off 15% of its staff — around 160 people. I’m hearing that includes the total closure of Timbre Games in Canada, which was working on two unannounced games.