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Feb 18 2010

Interview: Funcom’s Ragnar Tornquist on The Secret World

Published by Chris Comeau under Interview

From Gamasutra (via Massively):
As the MMO genre matures, and as certain avenues of competition are closed off by saturation, developers naturally begin to turn their sights towards unexplored territory for the genre. One such is Funcom’s Ragnar Tornquist; perhaps best known for The Longest Journey, he’s more interested in exploring a supernaturally-tinged present-day world [...]

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Feb 03 2010

Funcom’s The Secret World first in-game footage

Published by Chris Comeau under Movie

From Funcom:
Funcom is proud to reveal the first ever in-game footage from the highly anticipated modern-day massively multiplayer game ‘The Secret World’. The location footage consists of grainy and distorted black and white shots that give a unique and mysterious glimpse into the town of Kingsmouth – one of the many locations from all over [...]

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Jan 14 2010

Entrevue avec Miguel Caron, nouveau pdg de Funcom Games Canada

Published by Chris Comeau under Interview, Movie

From Les Affaires (via @frederick3pod):
 
C’est finalement Miguel Caron, ancien président et chef de la direction de Lyrtech, qui sera le nouveau président et chef de la direction de Funcom Games Canada, un développeur indépendant et éditeur de jeux en ligne. Visionnez l’entrevue avec Miguel Caron.

 
Voici le vidéo, après la pause:

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Jan 07 2010

Funcom Montreal: Miguel Caron est PDG, 100 à 150 emplois pour 2010

Published by Chris Comeau under News

Trouvé sur Radio-Canada:
L’entreprise spécialisée dans le développement de jeux vidéo en ligne Funcom, qui annonçait l’ouverture d’un bureau à Montréal en septembre dernier, commence à déménager.
Pour l’instant, environ 25 employés des bureaux de l’entreprise en Norvège et en Chine ont été déployés dans la métropole. Parmi eux, des concepteurs de l’entreprise qui développent de nouveaux [...]

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Jan 05 2010

Funcom presents its new CEO and development outlook for Montreal

Published by Chris Comeau under News

MONTREAL, Jan. 5 /CNW Telbec/ – Trond Arne Aas, CEO of Funcom, the well-known independent developer and publisher of online games, is in Montreal to announce the name of the new CEO of Funcom Games Canada, and to present the development outlook for the company, which now has offices in Montreal. Media representatives are [...]

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Dec 11 2009

Funcom establishes subsidiary SweetRobot, making kids casual MMO ‘Pets vs. Monsters’

Published by Chris Comeau under News

Funcom today announced the establishment of a new subsidiary, SweetRobot, who will be publishing Funcom’s ventures into the social and casual MMO-gaming markets. The first project to be made available through SweetRobot is the upcoming MMO-game ‘Pets vs. Monsters’ which will go into public beta testing later this month. The game is a massively [...]

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