15% of employees Sumo Group he won't have a nice weekend. British company under Chinese Tencent she overcame hard times. For that reason, it is not immune and is preparing for the future challenges expected in the coming months by restructuring.
The decision will affect approx 250 people from Canada, Great Britain, Poland, the Czech Republic and India. In total, the company employs more than 1,650 people in 19 studios.
Sumo Group was taken over by tech giant Tencent in January 2022. Sumo Group studios include internal teams Sumo Digital (Sackboy: A Big Adventure, Team Sonic Racing), The Chinese Room (Dear Esther, Little Orpheus), PixelAnt Czech, PixelAnt Wroclaw and others. The company is also behind the very unsuccessful Crackdown 3 event and participated in the Forza Horizon and Hogwarts Legacy series.
If you're wondering what they do at PixelAnt, they've helped with Nightingale, Exoborne, Forza Motorsport, Mortal Kombat 1, Still Wakes the Deep or Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun.