Arrowhead Game Studios
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| AB | |
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| Founded | 2008 |
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| Headquarters | Stockholm, Sweden |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Products | Video games |
Number of employees | ~25 (2015) |
| Website | ArrowheadGameStudios.com |
Arrowhead Game Studios AB is an independent Swedish video game developer, established in 2008 by a group of Luleå University of Technology students.[1]
Their first game, Magicka, won the Game of the Year award at the Swedish Game Awards 2008.[2] In 2011 Magicka was released, being published by Paradox Interactive, after a contract with the publisher was signed back in 2009.[1]
In the following years, Arrowhead developed The Showdown Effect, a 2.5D multiplayer action game inspired by 1980s and 1990s action movies, for which they stuck with Paradox Interactive to publish it in 2013, and Gauntlet, a co-op dungeon action game, which was published by WB Games in 2014.[1] Their most recent game, Helldivers, was published by Sony Computer Entertainment in 2015, first released on PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita, with a release for Microsoft Windows slated for December 2015, being published by PlayStation Mobile Inc..[1]
Games
| Title | Year of release | Publisher(s) | Genre(s) | Platform(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Magicka | 2011 | Paradox Interactive | Action-adventure | Microsoft Windows |
| The Showdown Effect | 2013 | Paradox Interactive | Action | Microsoft Windows, OS X |
| Gauntlet | 2014 | WB Games | Hack and slash, dungeon crawl | Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 |
| Helldivers | 2015 | Shoot 'em up | Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita |
Awards
References
- 1 2 3 4 Hedström, Malin (27 January 2013). "Arrowhead – A semi-brief history". Arrowhead Game Studio. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
- 1 2 "Swedish Game Awards 2008 – Profile for entry Magicka". Swedish Game Awards. 2008. Retrieved 22 November 2015.