2012 Tech Track 100
Rank: 38 Supermassive Games
Nominated in 2011 for a Develop Excellence award as best new European studio
Start The Party! and Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock are the best-known releases from Guildford games developer Supermassive. Founded in 2007 by brothers Pete and Joe Samuels, it started by making family-friendly games for Sony for the launch of Playstation 3's Move controller. The company still develops exclusively for Sony, and sales have grown as it has won more projects, including producing downloadable content for Little Big Planet. Sales grew 76% a year from £1m in 2008 to £5.7m in 2011, and it is now also developing games with more mature themes.
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Start The Party! and Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock are the best-known releases from Guildford games developer Supermassive. Founded in 2007 by brothers Pete and Joe Samuels, it started by making family-friendly games for Sony for the launch of Playstation 3's Move controller. The company still develops exclusively for Sony, and sales have grown as it has won more projects, including producing downloadable content for Little Big Planet. Sales grew 76% a year from £1m in 2008 to £5.7m in 2011, and it is now also developing games with more mature themes.
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Company facts
Supermassive Games
Computer games developer
Company website
| Sales growth | 75.94% pa |
| 2011 sales | £5.7m |
| 2008 sales | £1.0m |
| 2011 staff | 90 |
| Founded | 2007 |
| Location of HQ | Guildford |
| If applicable: * = annualised figures ‡ = draft accounts |
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