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The Chinese Room’s 17 new hires are just the start of the studio’s expansion

The Chinese Room’s 17 new hires are just the start of the studio’s expansion

Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture developer The Chinese Room has announced 17 new hires - with many more on the way.

These hires have been made over the last three months, with talent drawn from a range of experience levels, disciplines and studios. The studio is looking to continue this spree through 2019, hoping to eventually double in size by the end of the year. The full list of new hires can be found on Sumo Digital’s site here.

“I’m delighted to have such a range of new talent and experience on board, and we’re not done yet,” said studio head Ed Daly. “It’s been particularly rewarding to have so many talented people show their passion for joining The Chinese Room and for the games we will be making here. “

A veteran in theme park interactive tech, Daly became studio head of The Chinese Room a few months after the Dear Esther developer’s acquisition by Sumo Digital.

The Chinese Room’s future looked uncertain for a moment last year, as creative director and founder Dan Pinchbeck (pictured, above) announced the studio had “gone dark” last September following financial pressures and a health scare. Layoffs had already emptied the office of all but Pinchbeck, Jessica Curry and Andrew Crawshaw in July.

On the new hires, Pinchbeck added: “We’re hard at work on a great new game and it’s fantastic to have brought together such an amazing bunch of talented developers to help realise it. We’ve got a brilliant mix of industry veterans and rising stars and it’s really exciting to see the studio keep evolving and growing.”


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