LittleBigPlanet and Crackdown developers Sumo Digital is working on an ‘extremely ambitious’ unannounced AAA project.
It looks like Sumo Digital is looking to enter the AAA gaming arena again.
Sumo Digital is a developer based mainly in the UK and known by the gaming community for its major game brands like Crackdown and LittleBigPlanet. However, Sumo Digital may not be among the most famous developers, although the company certainly has some very popular products. The studio hasn’t released any new LittleBigPlanet games over the years, but Sumo Digital has been busy developing multiplayer games like Hood: Outlaws & Legends, as well as helping bring Forza Horizon 4 to Steam.
It seems recently that Sumo Digital is looking to enter the AAA gaming arena again. After being acquired by media conglomerate Tencent, Sumo Digital has been watched by many for a while to see what they will do next. Currently Sumo Digital is hiring a Lead Graphics Programmer to assist the studio in creating an “extremely ambitious AAA action game.” Of course, the meaning of that statement is still unknown, but the job posting says that this project is in the “launch phase”, which means that gamers will have to wait a long time. for more information.
Sumo Digital has posted many job postings at the end of 2021 that are clearly preparing for the creation of this “ambitious” game. Prior to hiring for the position of Principal Graphics Programmer, a company job posting for the position of Level Designer led many to believe that LittleBigPlanet 4 was in development because the description stated that the applicant would join the team. Enter a project of a well-known and popular brand. However, the description of the latest job posting is different from the rumors of a new LittleBigPlanet game, as it appears that Sumo Digital is focusing on a new IP rather than one of their older series.
If Sumo Digital doesn’t work on a LittleBigPlanet game then it will surely disappoint gamers who are fans of the series.
If Sumo Digital isn’t working on a LittleBigPlanet game, it’s sure to disappoint fans of the series, who have been waiting eight years for a new installment in the series. Although the most recently released Sackboy: A Big Adventure also features the main character of LittleBigPlanet, many consider the game to be different from the original foundation of the series.
What Sumo Digital is doing we don’t know right now, the only hint is that in the job description it is confirmed that the upcoming title will have an AAA focus and will be an action game. The job requirements also confirm that potential employees will need to have experience with “at least one Unreal released project,” suggesting that the new game could be using the impressive Unreal Engine 5 engine. statue. Hopefully we will have some more solid news about Sumo Digital’s new project in the future.
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