Arrowhead Game Studios

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]

Arrowhead Game Studios AB
TypeAB
IndustryVideo games
Founded2008
Founder
  • Johan Pilestedt
  • Emil Englund
  • Malin Hedström
  • Anton Stenmark
  • Robin Cederholm
Headquarters
Stockholm
,
Sweden
Area served
Worldwide
Number of employees
~60[1] (2020)
WebsiteArrowheadGameStudios.com

Their first game, Magicka, won the Game of the Year award at the Swedish Game Awards 2008.[3] 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 2020 the studio employs about 60 people.[1]

Games
Title Year of release Publisher(s) Genre(s) Platform(s)
Magicka 2011 Paradox Interactive Action-adventure Microsoft Windows
The Showdown Effect 2013 Action Microsoft Windows, OS X
Gauntlet 2014 Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Hack and slash, dungeon crawl Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4
Helldivers 2015 Sony Computer Entertainment Shoot 'em up Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita

Awards

References
  1. "Arrowhead – The Team". Arrowhead Game Studio. Archived from the original on 28 September 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  2. Hedström, Malin (27 January 2013). "Arrowhead – A semi-brief history". Arrowhead Game Studio. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
  3. "Swedish Game Awards 2008 – Profile for entry Magicka". Swedish Game Awards. 2008. Archived from the original on 23 November 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
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