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Foundation 9 wrestles with Sumo Digital

By Emma Boyes, GameSpot UKPosted Aug 17, 2007 6:54 am PT

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

  • gatsbythepig

    Posted Aug 19, 2007 1:08 pm PT

    Very interesting...

  • Mesagoji

    Posted Aug 18, 2007 4:33 pm PT

    Cool they updated the article regarding who's developing what. I'm like, a journalist or something!

  • JMizzle

    Posted Aug 18, 2007 4:58 am PT

    As long as they make Dirty Harry good i don't care

  • ctg867

    Posted Aug 17, 2007 9:57 pm PT

    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?

  • sectorzero

    Posted Aug 17, 2007 4:59 pm PT

    Foundation 9 is getting big. Let's just hope their games don't suck.

  • Shinedown220

    Posted Aug 17, 2007 3:23 pm PT

    I thought it was about a sumo game, not that I want that.

  • Pete5506

    Posted Aug 17, 2007 3:08 pm PT

    ok....good

  • ShmenonPie

    Posted Aug 17, 2007 2:13 pm PT

    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?

  • telvisnostic

    Posted Aug 17, 2007 1:03 pm PT

    Sounds sweet!

  • playstation_wii

    Posted Aug 17, 2007 12:47 pm PT

    I'm looking forward to the 20 games!

  • Mesagoji

    Posted Aug 17, 2007 11:51 am PT

    I was sure Pipeworks was working on Godzilla: Unleashed, not Sumo Digital.

  • RaiKageRyu

    Posted Aug 17, 2007 11:51 am PT

    lol, people expected a Sumo game.

  • doobist

    Posted Aug 17, 2007 8:29 am PT

    N8A :Man I was hoping for an awesome Sumo Game...I feel deceived

    --------------------------------

    Same here!

  • Poost

    Posted Aug 17, 2007 8:25 am PT

    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....

  • N8A

    Posted Aug 17, 2007 8:22 am PT

    Man I was hoping for an awesome Sumo Game...I feel deceived

  • GuitarsOfWarr

    Posted Aug 17, 2007 8:19 am PT

    Never heard of Sumo Digital...

  • KingKoop

    Posted Aug 17, 2007 7:56 am PT

    Sumo Digital? Strange they've never really had a "Classic title" I feel, hardly worth the money.

  • BigC43

    Posted Aug 17, 2007 7:03 am PT

    Interesting. Perhaps someday Foundation 9 will publish their own games.

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