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At Devcom 2023, Funcom's Anna Brandberg also shared "easy UX wins" to help devs make their games more accessible
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Metal: Hellsinger passes 1m players | News-in-brief
Rhythm-action first-person shooter now also available for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One
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Funcom acquires majority stake in The Outsiders
The Norwegian company is also opening a new office in Romania, dedicated to QA
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Tencent bids to acquire 100% of Funcom
Proposed deal would value the Norwegian studio at around $148 million
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Tencent acquires minority stake in Funcom
Chinese gaming giant becomes largest single shareholder of Conan Exiles dev
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Funcom acquires work-for-hire studio ZPX
Norwegian developer takes on studio that assisted with Conan Exiles, other projects
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Funcom's Rui Casais: From junior programmer to CEO
We speak to the chief exec about his journey to the top, and why he has stayed with the Conan Exiles studio for more than a decade
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1.4m sales makes Conan Exiles the biggest game in Funcom's history
Online survival game also publisher's fastest-selling title, reaching milestone in less than half the time of Age of Conan
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Conan Exiles reaches one million sales
Funcom confirms that the milestone includes Early Access and pre-orders of the full release
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Funcom takes $10.6 million investment ahead of licensing push
Norwegian developer has co-founded a company to manage interactive rights of Robert E. Howard IPs
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Funcom: Steam user reviews should be region gated
With "review bombs" now a common occurrence, CEO Rui Casais believes Steam should follow other stores and ditch "global" user ratings
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Funcom: "You can't survive for 20 years without a few scars"
With a new logo, new website and new product strategy, Funcom CEO Rui Casais is facing the future with confidence
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Funcom's The Secret World picked up for a TV series
Johnny Depp's production company Infinitum Nihil will be involved in screen adaptation of relaunched MMO
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Secret World re-launching as free-to-play Secret World Legends
After nearly five years, MMO converts business model, overhauls combat, progression, and graphics
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Conan Exiles hit 480k unit full-year target in 28 days
Funcom will invest as much as $10 million extra in the game through early 2018, with console launches now planned
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Conan Exiles points to brighter future for Funcom
Survival game has recouped idev costs to date after selling 320,000 in its first week on Early Access
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Funcom back in black after $6.3m investment
Debt management and cash injection see Conan studio's future secured
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"We haven't always made the right decisions...We are all well aware of that."
Funcom CEO Rui Casais on why the MMO firm is looking for a buyer
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Funcom reboots LEGO Minifigures Online as pay-to-play
Free-to-play was "was detrimental to the gameplay experience"
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Funcom nets $1.6 million for Lego MMO launch
Norwegian studio will receive NOK 9.7 million after issuing 2.2 million new shares
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Funcom sees significant revenue rise for Q1 2013
Recent restructuring sees losses reduced at The Secret World developer
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Funcom closing Beijing studio
Secret World maker consolidating live team in Raleigh, mobile and tablet development in Montreal
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Funcom confirms closures, restructuring of company
It's unclear how many have been laid off, but Funcom says the moves are necessary to become stronger going forward