The Chinese Room Finalizes Management Buyout

Man, The Chinese Room going indie—what a saga! So, picture this: they broke free from Sumo Digital. Yeah, thanks to some big VC player, Hiro Capital, throwing cash around. But no one’s spilling the beans on numbers. Typical.

Here’s the bittersweet twist—there were layoffs. Yup, some folks got the boot in this whole management-buyout thing. Ed Daly, the head honcho over there, said it was hush-hush how many got cut, but they’re down to 55 people now. Can you imagine those talks? Stressful is an understatement. Anyway—dang, where was I headed with this?

Oh, right, new projects! They’re juggling multiple things, like using their own ideas and partnering up, like with “Still Wakes the Deep” and that cool gig with VtM – Bloodlines 2 and Paradox Interactive. Two big shots in their pipeline right now. It’s like a balancing act.

And, who’s moving up the ladder? John McCormack, that’s who. He went from art director to studio creative director. Nice upgrade, huh? Oh, and Ross Manton joined the promotion party too—shifted from senior exec producer on the Vampire thing to production director. So, yeah, lots of shuffling in the ranks.

Anyway, it’s all a jumble of layoffs, freedom, and projects with funky names. Who knew all these studio politics could lead to so much drama?