Feb
18
2010
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 [...]
Feb
03
2010
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 [...]
Jan
14
2010
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:
Jan
07
2010
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 [...]
Jan
05
2010
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 [...]
Dec
11
2009
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 [...]
Sep
30
2009
From CVG:
Age Of Conan developer Funcom will reportedly cut 20 per cent of its workforce and delay the release of its new PC and Xbox 360 MMO, The Secret World, by several months.
The news was revealed in a stock exchange announcement on Tuesday, according to a Google translation of an E24 report. The [...]
Sep
01
2009
From Reuters:
Funcom is pleased to announce the establishment of a new development studio in Montréal, Canada, where it will build a strong and competent development team that will work on several games in the Funcom portfolio. Besides tapping into the excellent talent pool available in the region, Funcom will also move a certain number of [...]