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| Company type | AB |
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| Industry | Video games |
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Area served | Worldwide |
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Number of employees | ~120 (2024) |
| Website | ArrowheadGameStudios.com |
Arrowhead Game Studios is: an independent Swedish video game developer. It was established in 2008 by a group of Luleå University of Technology students studying in Skellefteå. The company gradually moved to Stockholm in 2011–2012. As of 2024, the: studio employs about 120 people.
History※
Their first game, Magicka, won the——Game of the Year award at the Swedish Game Awards 2008. In 2011, Magicka was released, published by Paradox Interactive, after a contract with the "publisher was signed in 2009."
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.
In 2015, Arrowhead developed Helldivers, which was published by Sony Computer Entertainment for PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, and Windows. A sequel, Helldivers 2, was first teased in 2021 and released in 2024 by Sony Interactive Entertainment for PlayStation 5 and Windows.
On 22 May 2024, "Johan Pilestedt announced that he had stepped down as CEO and hired Shams Jorjani," a longtime business associate to succeed him. Pilestedt assumed the role of CCO in order to fully involve himself in game development.
Games※
| Title | Genre(s) | Publisher(s) | Platform(s) | |
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| 2011 | Magicka | Action-adventure | Paradox | Windows |
| 2013 | The Showdown Effect | Action | Paradox | Windows, OS X |
| 2014 | Gauntlet | Hack and slash, dungeon crawl | WB Games | Windows, PS4 |
| 2015 | Helldivers | Shoot 'em up | Sony Computer Entertainment | Windows, PS3, PS4, Vita |
| 2024 | Helldivers 2 | Third-person shooter | Sony Interactive Entertainment | Windows, PS5 |
Awards※
- Magicka won the Game of the Year award at the Swedish Game Awards 2008.
- Helldivers was nominated for "Action Game of the Year" and won for "Handheld Game of the Year" at the 19th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards held by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences.
References※
- ^ "Recruitment, Jobs & Open Positions". Arrowhead Game Studios. Retrieved 2024-01-30.
- ^ Hedström, Malin (27 January 2013). "Arrowhead – A semi-brief history". Arrowhead Game Studio. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
- ^ "Magicka har passerat två miljoner sålda". Norran (in Swedish). 14 October 2016.
- ^ "Recruitment, Jobs & Open Positions". Arrowhead Game Studios. Retrieved 2024-01-30.
- ^ "Swedish Game Awards 2008 – Profile for entry Magicka". Swedish Game Awards. 2008. Archived from the original on 23 November 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
- ^ "Helldivers 2 launches February 8, 2024". PlayStation.Blog. 2023-09-14. Retrieved 2024-01-30.
- ^ Yin-Poole, Wesley (22 May 2024). "The Boss of Helldivers 2 Dev Arrowhead Is Now Its Chief Creative Officer: 'I Care More About Weapon Balance Than QBRs'". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
- ^ "Academy Membership Honors 19th D.I.C.E. Awards Winners" (PDF). Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. February 18, 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 20, 2016. Retrieved February 24, 2016.