The total value of the Norwegian games industry was US$328 million in 2018. The Norwegian games industry managed a turnover of $42 million (NOK 330 million) in 2014. As of 2015, there are 140 companies in the whole sector, with 565 people employed.
In 2020, Tencent, one of the world's biggest video and online gaming companies acquired the Norwegian video game developer Funcom for $148 million.
Video game developers from Norway
- 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
- Ravn Studio AS (Former publisher)
- Red Thread Games
- Rock Pocket Games AS (Also co-dev: games, AR/VR. Former publisher.)
- Scape-IT AS
- Snowcastle Games
- Turbo Tape Games
Misc
- Corvid Studio (Design & audio)
Defunct video game developers from Norway
- 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.)
- Capricornus Computer Game Productions AS (Founded 1999. Defunct after 2002.)
- Moondrop Games (Co-founder of Hamar GC. Founded 2009. Probably inactive after 2019.)
- Offence Software (Founded 1991. Inactive after 1993. Amiga game dev.)
- 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
- Snow Cannon Games
Publisher and developer firms
- Caprino Video Games AS (Aka. CVG AS. Distribution & licensing subsidiary of Capricornus AS then Caprino Studios for Flåklypa franchise.) (See NO wiki)
- Corebreak Interactive
- Perfectly Paranormal AS (Games & animations)
- Rain Games AS (See NO wiki)
- Slid Studio
- Surrealist AS
Defunct video game publishers from Norway
- Playfish (Founded 2007. Closed or merged into Electronic Arts in 2013. London HQ. Norwegian, Chinese & US studios. Publisher & dev.)
References
- Markets, Research and (April 9, 2019). "Norway Animation, VFX & Games Industry Strategies, Trends & Opportunities Report 2019". GlobeNewswire News Room (Press release).
- ^ 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.
- "Tencent to grow gaming empire with $148M acquisition of Conan publisher Funcom in Norway". 22 January 2020.
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