BREAKING NEWS
Cloud Server Hosting For Online Businesses
Inexpensive SEO Services
Benefits of Wanting to play Free Online Slot machines
Video games in Norway

Summary

The total value of Norwegian games industry was US$328 million in 2018.[1] Norwegian games industry managed a turnover of $42 million (NOK 330 million) in 2014.[2] As of 2015, there are 140 companies in the whole sector with 565 people employed.[2]

In 2020, Tencent, one of the world's biggest video and online gaming companies acquired the Norwegian video game developer Funcom for $148 million.[3]

Video game developers from Norway edit

  • 4 Gladiators Studio
  • Agens Games (Also apps & mobile games)
  • Apt Games
  • Audvyr Studio
  • Billionworlds AS
  • Funcom
  • Hamar Game Collective (Founded by Sarepta Studio, Krillbite Studio, and Moondrop)
    • Krillbite Studio
    • Sarepta Studio
  • Hyper Games (Also co-devs, edutainment & porting)
  • Megapop Games (Also mobile)
  • Misc Games
  • Proletary Games
  • Red Thread Games
  • Scape-IT AS
  • Snowcastle Games
  • Turbo Tape Games

Misc edit

  • Corvid Studio (Design & audio)

Defunct video game developers from Norway edit

  • Antagonist AS (Founded 2014. Inactive 2017? Staff moved to Audvyr Studio & Corvid Studio.)
  • Artplant (Online games. Most employees from Russia then UK. Probably inactive after 2019?)
  • Blink Studios (Founded 2011. Defunct 2015. Not the same as 2 other US studios.)
  • Moondrop Games (Co-founder of Hamar GC. Founded 2009. Probably inactive after 2019.)
  • Pineleaf AS (Founded 2016. Defunct 2022.)
  • Trollpants Game Studio (Founded 2014. Defunct 2016.)
  • Twilight Zone Software (Founded 1996. Inactive after 1997.)

Video game publishers from Norway edit

  • Snow Cannon Games

Publisher and developer firms edit

  • Corebreak Interactive
  • Perfectly Paranormal AS (Games & animations)
  • Rain Games AS (See NO wiki)
  • Slid Studio
  • Surrealist AS

Defunct video game publishers from Norway edit

  • Playfish (Founded 2007. Closed or merged into Electronic Arts in 2013. London HQ. Norwegian, Chinese & US studios. Publisher & dev.)

References edit

  1. ^ Markets, Research and (April 9, 2019). "Norway Animation, VFX & Games Industry Strategies, Trends & Opportunities Report 2019". GlobeNewswire News Room (Press release).
  2. ^ a b Guest writer (5 June 2015). "With studio numbers up 75%, the Norwegian game scene is booming but it's not without its challenges". pocketgamer.biz.
  3. ^ "Tencent to grow gaming empire with $148M acquisition of Conan publisher Funcom in Norway". 22 January 2020.