Sumo Nottingham Announces Three New Hires

10 December 2020, Nottingham, UK – Sumo Nottingham, part of Sumo Digital and Sumo Group PLC, has today announced three major new hires for a studio that continues to go from strength to strength in 2020.

Darren Campion will be joining the studio as Executive Producer. Starting out his career in the TV & Film industries as an SFX artist, Darren moved to the games industry 15 years ago. He has since worked at Codemasters, helping to set up their Kuala Lumpar studio and producing the GRID, F1 and DiRT franchises.

Darren joins from Rare having worked on Sea of Thieves, Rare Replay and Kinect Sports Rivals.

Steven Kirby also joins the Sumo Nottingham studio as a Lead Games Designer. With over 16 years of design experience in the video games industry, Steven worked at Frontier Developments PLC, Rebellion, Razorworks and Coyote Developments before becoming part of the Sumo Digital family.

Chris Green joins Sumo Nottingham as Lead Game Designer having previously worked at Hangar 18, Studio Gobo and Climax.

“While this has been a tough year for many, our studio has been fortunate enough to continue developing great games and growing to meet the needs of our clients,” said Gary Edwards, Studio Director at Sumo Nottingham. “We look forward to benefitting from the considerable and valuable experience of Steven, Chris and Darren as we continue work on exciting projects that we can’t wait to reveal to the world.”

Sumo Digital is currently hiring for more than 90 roles across its network of studios including roles in programming, design, QA, audio and art direction.

For more careers information visit the Sumo Digital careers site.

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About Sumo Nottingham

Founded in 2016, Sumo Nottingham is one of nine Sumo Digital studios, and crafts inclusive, innovative action and racing titles for console and PC. Bringing together industry veterans with the best new talent in the industry, the studio delivered Team Sonic Racing in 2019 and is now working on a diverse and exciting mix of new projects. Developing successful games across all platforms and genres, Sumo Digital is recognised for its versatility, proprietary technology, and creativity across a portfolio of games developed for major publishers.

Sumo Digital is part of Sumo Group PLC.

For more information visit: sumo-digital.com

Twitter: @SumoDigitalLtd

Enquiries: sumodigital@bastion.co.uk