The Chinese Room announces that they have added 17 new staff “across a variety of disciplines” to its team as it gears up for “new, original titles”.
The Brighton-based studio came to prominence with its exploratory narrative games Dear Esther and the critically-acclaimed Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture, as well as creating Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs, and Google Daydream exclusive So Let Us Melt. New owners Sumo Digital recently appointed Ed Daly as the new studio director of The Chinese Room.
The new hires include John McCormack (art director), Nick Slaven (technical director), and Rob McLachlan (lead designer). New artists and animators include Ben Matthews, Darren Farmer, Tim Turner, Laura Dodds, James Rutter, Jasdev Singh Atwal, Tim Meredith, Volker Pajatsch, Michele Nucera, and Sophie Blakemore. Manos Agianniotakis and Will Traynor join the team as designers, whilst Stuart Findlater and Joe Wheater are new to the programming team.
“I’m delighted to have such a range of new talent and experience on board, and we’re not done yet,” said Ed Daly, studio director, The Chinese Room.
Sumo Group PLC (LON:SUMO) is an award-winning business providing creative and development services to the video games and entertainment industries, from studios in Sheffield, Newcastle, Nottingham, Pune (India) and Vancouver (Canada).
