Branching Out
The Chinese Room regains independence from Sumo Digital via management buyout
The move follows Sumo’s pivot away from original IP to focus on co-development services
Company Profile
The Chinese Room
Website
www.thechineseroom.co.uk/
About
The Chinese Room is an award-winning game development studio, part of the Sumo Digital Group. The studio has developed Dear Esther (2012), Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs (2013), Everybody's Gone to the Rapture (2015) and So Let Us Melt (2017)
Articles featuring The Chinese Room
Done Deal
"Being part of a larger company definitely brings security"
How The Chinese Room was acquired by Sumo Digital
Acquisition And Scale
The Chinese Room's Dan Pinchbeck on why the timing was right to move to mobile
I think it’s worth the risk
Going Mobile
The Chinese Room’s first game Dear Esther is set to hit iOS devices later this year
Over one million units have been sold since its launch in 2012