Gabriela Woch, junior 3D game artist at The Chinese Room, talks about pivoting into games, how her autism affects communication at work, and her ambition to invent a new archetype
Read More »“I wanted to get bits of British culture in the game that aren’t seen” – Can games help us understand what it means to be British?
We talk to the creators of Pendragon, Landlord’s Super and Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture about their take on Britain and how they engage with our biggest issues
Read More »Sumo looks to improve training and development with two new appointments
"Embracing a learning and development culture is something that we’re passionate about"
Read More »Regional spotlight: Brighton is all pride and no prejudice
Over 3,000 of the games industry will travel to the vibrant south coast city for Develop:Brighton this month. For this second regional spotlight, we talk to a handful of the games businesses that call the city home
Read More »The Chinese Room expands by 17, hopes to double in size by end of 2019
"We’ve got a brilliant mix of industry veterans and rising stars"
Read More »Ed Daly joins The Chinese Room as studio director
"I couldn’t be more thrilled to be building a team to create new The Chinese Room games"
Read More »How Sumo Digital will help The Chinese Room ‘take the jump up to the next level’
Work-for-hire giant Sumo has acquired indie darling The Chinese Room, Seth Barton talks to them both about what appears an unlikely pairing
Read More »Sumo Group acquires The Chinese Room, developer of Dear Esther and Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture
Sumo branches out from work-for-hire with acquisition of award-winning, Brighton-based indie studio
Read More »The Chinese Room is ‘going dark’ following staff releases in June
The Brighton-based developer will pause development due to financial and personal issues
Read More »Chinese Room shuts its doors for now
The developer behind Dear Esther and Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture is going dark for a while, the studio has confirmed. The Chinese Room isn’t shutting down completely, director Dan Pinchbeck reassured fans in a blog post on the company’s website, but it won’t be actively working on any specified …
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