Foundation 9 wrestles with Sumo Digital
The US-based developer swoops on the UK studio that brought the world Virtua Tennis 3 and Super Rub a Dub.
Foundation 9 Entertainment has bought its eighth studio--the UK's Sumo Digital. Sumo Digital's CEO, James North-Hearn, will now move into the role of managing director for Foundation 9 Europe, and oversee the company's European operations.
Sumo Digital is based in Sheffield in the UK, and also has an office in India. It was founded in 2003 by Carl Cavers, Paul Porter, Darren Mills, and James North-Hearn, four former members of the Infogrames management team. The company has worked on titles including Super Rub a Dub for the PlayStation Network, Virtua Tennis 3 for the Xbox 360, and Outrun 2006: Coast to Coast for multiple platforms.
Foundation 9 currently has more than 20 projects in development dispersed among its many studios, including Shiny's The Golden Compass and Pipeworks' Godzilla: Unleashed.
Foundation 9 currently has seven other studios: Amaze Entertainment, Backbone Entertainment, The Collective, Digital Eclipse, ImaginEngine, Pipeworks, and Shiny Entertainment. The deal marks the publisher's first expansion outside of North America. Financial terms were not disclosed, and the acquisition is expected to be completed in the third quarter of 2007.
18 comments
Cool they updated the article regarding who's developing what. I'm like, a journalist or something! :D
Super Rub a Dub was awful, Virtua Tennis 3 was alright, and. Outrun 2006 was alright. I expect The Golden Compass and Godzilla to both suck though. So really, who cares?
Mmmm, good good, nothing wrong with a nice healthy takeover! But didn't Sumo Digital do the PS3 Virtua Tennis 3 as well as the 360 one?
N8A :Man I was hoping for an awesome Sumo Game...I feel deceived -------------------------------- Same here!
I'm looking forward to The Golden Compass movie, but I really don't want to see a horrible game that will be rushed out so it can release with the movie....
Sumo Digital? Strange they've never really had a "Classic title" I feel, hardly worth the money.
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