Arrowhead Game Studios
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| Company type | AB |
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| Industry | Video games |
| Founded | 2008 |
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| Headquarters | , |
Area served | Worldwide |
Number of employees | ~100[1] (2023) |
| 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 studying in Skellefteå.[2][3] The company gradually moved to Stockholm in 2011–2012.[3]
Their first game, Magicka, won the Game of the Year award at the Swedish Game Awards 2008.[4] In 2011 Magicka was released, published by Paradox Interactive, after a contract with the publisher was signed in 2009.[2]
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.[2] Their most recent game, Helldivers, was published by Sony Computer Entertainment on PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, and Microsoft Windows.[2]
As of 2023 the studio employs about 100 people.
Games
| Title | Genre(s) | Publisher(s) | Platform(s) | |
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| 2011 | Magicka | Action-adventure | Paradox Interactive | Microsoft Windows |
| 2013 | The Showdown Effect | Action | Microsoft Windows, OS X | |
| 2014 | Gauntlet | Hack and slash, dungeon crawl | Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment | Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 |
| 2015 | Helldivers | Shoot 'em up | Sony Computer Entertainment | Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita |
| 2024 | Helldivers 2 | Third-person shooter | Sony Interactive Entertainment | Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 5 |
Awards
- Magicka won the Game of the Year award at the Swedish Game Awards 2008.[4]
References
- ^ "Arrowhead – The Team".
- ^ a b c d Hedström, Malin (27 January 2013). "Arrowhead – A semi-brief history". Arrowhead Game Studio. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
- ^ a b "Magicka har passerat två miljoner sålda". Norran (in Swedish). 14 October 2016.
- ^ a b "Swedish Game Awards 2008 – Profile for entry Magicka". Swedish Game Awards. 2008. Archived from the original on 23 November 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
