Auroch Digital is a British

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based in

Bristol Bristol () is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, the most populous city in the region. Built around the River Avon, Bristol, River Avon, it is bordered by t ...

, England. It previously ran the GameTheNews initiative, a project that produced news games on a variety of topics, for which it was included in the 2014 Nominet 100 list of companies doing social good with technology. In September 2021, Auroch Digital was acquired by

Sumo Group Sumo Group Limited is a British video game holding company based in Sheffield. It was formed in December 2017 as the parent company for Sumo Digital and Atomhawk, followed by its initial public offering on the London Stock Exchange later that m ...

for $8.3 million.

Overview

The company makes video games and tabletop games, with its main focus on strategy and management titles, and adaptations of board games into digital games, having worked with companies such as

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, and

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. On 1 June 2022, it was announced a

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based on the Warhammer 40K franchise was in development titled ''Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun'' and to be published by

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Games developed/published

References

External links

Official website
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