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Mats Juhl appointed as Starbreeze interim CEO
Former CFO will take over from Juergen Goeldner, who has been nominated as chairman of the board
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Ex-Focus chief Juergen Goeldner named interim CEO of Starbreeze
Payday developer seeking permanent replacement as Tobias Sjögren steps down
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Payday 3 returns Starbreeze to profitability despite "significantly lower" than expected sales
CEO Tobias Sjögren remains optimistic about turnaround as game's development team focuses on improvements
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Starbreeze revenue rises 42.9% to $46.6m in Q3
Publisher says Payday 3 has already recouped Starbreeze's investment since September launch
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Payday 3 drops Denuvo days before launch
Controversial DRM software's owner Irdeto claims the software does not cause performance issues
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Finally, Starbreeze eyes up its Payday
CEO Tobias Sjögren discusses the company's slowly expanding future
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Starbreeze almost halved its loss in 2022 but didn't re-establish profit
Sales were on a par with 2021, with a slight 1.5% increase year-on-year attributed to continued success of Payday 2
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Starbreeze opens new UK studio
New office will focus on development of newly acquired IPs and third-party publishing
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Starbreeze returns to third-party publishing
Walking Tree Games' The Tribe Must Survive to be debut title of its relaunched publishing arm
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Starbreeze still running at a loss, net sales down in Q2
Studio shrinks losses substantially, but struggles to turn a profit as Payday 3 development chugs along
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Starbreeze Q1 losses increased 471% to $2.4m
CEO Tobias Sjögren said that player engagement "demonstrates how popular [Payday 2] still is 8 years after its launch"
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Starbreeze net sales reached $13.5 million in 2021
Swedish video game firm behind the Payday series reports an increase of 6.3% year over year
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Starbreeze net sales up to almost $4m
Losses and EBITDA stabilise following a “one-off” decline last quarter, Payday 3 still on track
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Former Starbreeze CEO Mikael Nermark has died
The 50-year-old was diagnosed with cancer last year
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Former Starbreeze CFO acquitted of insider trading charges
Sebastian Ahlskog no longer has to pay fine after Swedish Court of Appeal orders original judgement be amended
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Starbreeze net sales up in Q2, but losses increase 832% year-over-year
EBITDA takes a huge hit due to “one-off effects” of licensing deal with Popreach
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Starbreeze 4.0: How the Payday studio escaped the brink of insolvency
CEO Tobias Sjögren on the Swedish developers plans for the future, including Payday 3 and beyond
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Starbreeze's Q1 losses shrink 95% to $505,000
New CEO Tobias Sjögren says "the road ahead is clear" as Payday 3 is fully funded
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Starbreeze to relaunch Payday: Crime War with PopReach
Mobile shooter originally shut down in 2019, development team will now contribute to Payday 3
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Tobias Sjögren named permanent CEO of Starbreeze
Sjögren has been acting CEO since October 2020, recently closed €50m Payday 3 co-publishing deal
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Starbreeze signs €50m Payday 3 deal with Koch Media
Swedish firm now has the financing for Payday 3's production and marketing until at least 18 months after 2023 launch
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Starbreeze losses shrink to $15.8m as Payday continues to grow
"Starbreeze is a much stronger company today than it was one year ago," acting CEO Tobias Sjögren said
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Starbreeze has paid off most of its creditors
Recovery of troubled Payday developer as only debts to Nordea and Smilegate remain
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Starbreeze CEO resigns, citing personal reasons
Mikael Nermark to be replaced by acting CEO Tobias Sjögren during search process
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Starbreeze seeks $26m to fund ongoing development of Payday 3
COVID-19 lockdown interrupted publisher negotiations for the next Payday game