The SumoCast
The SumoCast
Sumo Digital
Welcome to the SumoCast, a podcast series from the team at Sumo Digital Founded in 2003, award-winning Sumo Digital employs over 700 staff across its eight studios in Sheffield, Nottingham, Newcastle, Brighton (The Chinese Room), Leeds (Red Kite Games) and Leamington Spa, UK (Sumo Leamington & LAB42) and Pune, India. Developing successful games across all platforms and genres, Sumo is recognised for its versatility, proprietary technology and creativity across a portfolio of games featuring titles for major publishers including Microsoft, Sony, Sega and 2K. Sumo Digital is part of the Sumo Group plc.
Ep.8 SumoCast: Design AMA - Getting Ready to Join The Games Industry
Welcome to Episode 8 of SumoCast - this week we're taking a look at all things design! In this episode, we're joined by Paul Colls and Rhianne Murphy from Sumo Sheffield and Nathan Chandler Gibson from Sumo Newcastle. We talk about what a career in design looks like and answer some of your questions about taking the next step in your career. Check out our open positions: jobs.lever.co/sumo-digital Reach out to our recruitment team: [email protected]
Aug 27, 2020
1 hr 10 min
Ep.7 SumoCast: LGBTQ+ In Games
Welcome to Episode 7 of SumoCast - this time around we’re joined by guests from various studios to discuss all things PRIDE! 🌈 We’re chatting to Blaise Imiolczyk from The Chinese Room, Pyrrha Shaw from Sumo Leamington, and Mark Hall and Mike Welsh from Sumo Sheffield. Join us as we dive into LGBTQ+ representation in games, what games studios can do to support the LGBTQ+ community, and some of the first-hand experiences from our wonderful guests. Check out our open positions: https://jobs.lever.co/sumo-digital Reach out to our recruitment team: [email protected] Some of the games we mentioned include: The Last of Us: Part 2 – Naughty Dog Wandersong – Greg Lobanov Sayonara Wild Hearts – Simogo You can browse the Steam LGBTQ+ tag here: https://store.steampowered.com/tags/en/LGBTQ
Aug 6, 2020
45 min
Ep.6 SumoCast: Getting Ready To Join The Games Industry - Code
For our sixth episode, we're joined by Hollie Brown from Sumo Sheffield, Dale Green from Red Kite Games and Ben Harris from Sumo Group. We're chatting about all things programming, and what the application process looks like for coders looking to get into the industry. Take a look at our game development tutorials over on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dfi6-RCDPrk&list=PLj3D1ZQg64u5QF-7m6N5rFFEd7jBgIv65 Check out our open code positions here: https://jobs.lever.co/sumo-digital?team=Code Reach out to our recruitment team on: [email protected] Find Ben on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-harris-38483325/
Jul 9, 2020
44 min