Sumo Group

We provide end-to-end development solutions for the video games and entertainment industries. We floated on the AIM in December 2017 and were acquired by Tencent in January 2022. Operating under Sumo Group, Sumo Digital was established in 2003.

Sumo Digital offers full development, co-development, and development service solutions to developers, publishers, and IP holders. We craft gaming experiences and help expand intellectual property as brand guardians, drawing on experience with names such as Disney and Marvel. We design and build games across various platforms and genres.

Our recent work includes a partnership with Digital Extremes to deliver new missions, environments, Warframes, and live-service support for Warframe. We also collaborated with The Coalition to remaster Gears of War: Reloaded, adding 4K visuals, 120 FPS, cross-play, and new features for modern platforms.

Partners include 2K, Activision Blizzard, Amazon Games, Bethesda, Digital Extremes, Mediatonic, Microsoft Studios, Miniclip, Netflix, Netherrealm, PS Studios, Relic, Rocksteady, Sega, Small Giant, The Coalition, Turn10, WB Games, XDEV External Development Studio Europe, and Xbox Game Studios.

We also offer QA services, including console game QA for end-phase submission testing and ongoing development. This covers functional, platform, and black-box testing. Our mobile QA specialists support titles through development, release, and live phases, performing functional, compatibility, and platform testing on iOS and Android, as well as regression and performance testing. The Sumo Digital Academy develops new talent, bringing skilled graduates into the games industry.

We craft gaming experiences and help our partners achieve their creative goals for intellectual property through video games. Our studios are committed to quality and collaboration.

We maintain a culture that values learning, development, and diversity, offering flexible and employee-centric benefits.

We employ over 1000 people across 11 studios located in the UK, Czech Republic, Canada, and India. Our talented teams in each studio contribute unique personalities and expertise.

Our work environment promotes creativity and values individual ideas. Our culture emphasizes learning, development, and diversity, offering flexible, employee-centric benefits. We foster collaboration among project teams and stakeholders across different locations.

We provide:

• An annual bonus
• An employee referral scheme
• A first-time home buyer bonus
• A wedding bonus

Our employees benefit from a hybrid work model and flexible working arrangements. Leave entitlements include:

• 22 contractual days holiday
• 8 festive holidays
• 4 statutory holidays
• A birthday day-off
• 4 weeks of paternity leave
• Maternity leave as per law
• Options to buy or sell up to a week of annual leave

Health and well-being benefits include:

• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Mental health services
• Critical illness cover
• Funded flu vaccines/eye tests

For professional growth, we offer:

• A structured My Development pathway
• Regular appraisals
• Annual salary reviews
• 5 learning days per annum
• Access to an award-winning Learning & Development team
• Attendance to the yearly Sumo Developers Conference

Additional perks include in-studio benefits, regular care packages, studio days out that welcome family, sabbaticals after 5 years of service, and an annual gaming subscription.