Sumo Group has announced the opening of a new studio, Timbre Games, based in Canada (Vancouver). The studio will be part of Pipeworks Studios, which Sumo acquired in September last year for $100 million . It will focus on action-adventure and simulation genres.
Timbre will be Sumo’s second office in Canada and its 14th studio worldwide. It will be led by co-founder Joe Nickolls, who was previously Vice President, managing director and Capcom studio director at Maxis. Nickolls will work as studio production director with co-founder Zoë Curnoe. The third co-founder will be Geoff Coate, who will become creative director and previously artistic director at companies such as Relic Entertainment, Capcom and EA.
