Sumo Group plc

Sumo Group plc, which floated on AIM in December 2017, is one of the UK’s largest providers of creative and development services to the video games and entertainment industries.Sumo Group has two operating businesses – Sumo Digital and Atomhawk - employing over 750 people across studios in Sheffield, Nottingham, Newcastle, Leamington Spa, Warrington, Brighton, Pune (India) and Vancouver (Canada).Sumo Digital, established in 2003, is one of the UK’s largest independent developers of AAA video games, providing both turnkey and co-development solutions to an international blue-chip client base for console, PC and mobile gaming. The company has a strategic focus on accelerating growth through development of Own-IP games, either self-funded, co-funded or fully funded, and through acquisition.Atomhawk, which was acquired in June 2017, is a visual design company providing creative services to the full spectrum of the entertainment industry, including games, TV and film.Both companies have developed deep relationships with some of the world’s largest video games publishers, developers, platform manufacturers and entertainment brands, including Microsoft, Sony, Sega, Apple, Warner Brothers and Marvel.Sumo Digital and Atomhawk have worked with these partners on some of the biggest franchises in the entertainment industry, including Crackdown, Forza, LittleBigPlanet, Sonic the Hedgehog, Mortal Kombat, Hitman, Harry Potter, and The Avengers.Sumo Group offers end-to-end services to the video games industry and beyond from visual concept design and pre-production through to development, user-interface design, marketing assets and post-release support.