develop 100 UK RETAIL REVENUE IN 2011
£2.18m
SUMO DIGITAL«
96 ABOUT
GENRE SPECIALTY The racing game
SONIC & SEGA ALL-STARS RACING
F1 2009
F1 2011 VIRTUA TENNIS 2009
COLIN MCRAE: DIRT 2
STUDIO’S 2011 BESTSELLERS FORMATS
DS WII
XBOX 360
WII PSP
PLAYSTATION 3 TOTAL
TOTAL 3DS
TOTAL WII
WII XBOX 360 TOTAL
PLAYSTATION 3 TOTAL
PUBLISHER SEGA SEGA SEGA SEGA
CODEMASTERS CODEMASTERS
CODEMASTERS
SEGA SEGA SEGA
CODEMASTERS
RELEASE DATE TOTAL REV FEB 2010 FEB 2010 FEB 2010 FEB 2010
200947 200947
£0.64m £0.60m £0.34m £0.25m £1.83m
£0.06m £0.05m £0.10m
NOV 2011 £0.09m £0.09m
JUN 2009 £0.02m MAY 2009 MAY 2009
SEP 2009
£0.02m £0.01m £0.05m
£0.04m £0.05m
Founded: 2003 Independent (Part of Foundation 9) Location: Sheffield, UK
www.sumo-digital.com
Sumo Digital’s colourful arcade racer Sonic & Sega All-Stars helped the Sheffield studio over the finish line this year, taking a total of £1.83 million across its various formats. The versatility of Sumo’s talent has seen it secure contracts for many different racing titles, most recently F1 2011 for 3DS, which peaked at number two in the charts. Sumo, which itself formed out
of a previous studio closure, has taken on staff from defunct racing specialists Bizarre Creations and Black Rock Studios, bringing its headcount to over 130. In 2007 Foundation 9
welcomed the developer into its collective of independent studios, which appears to have worked very well for money-maker Sumo Digital.
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