Funcom
Funcom Oslo AS (formerly Funcom Productions AS) is a Norwegian video game developer that specializes in online games. It is best known for the massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) titles Conan Exiles, Age of Conan, Anarchy Online, The Secret World – and The Longest Journey series of adventure games. The company has offices in Oslo, Norway; North Carolina, US; Lisbon,[2] Portugal; Bucharest,[3] Romania; and Stockholm,[4] Sweden. It also had offices in Beijing, Dublin, and Montreal previously. It is now owned by the Chinese media conglomerate Tencent.
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The Longest Journey was produced by Ragnar Tørnquist and was very well-received both by critics and users. The game was published in 9 languages: English, Norwegian, French, Dutch, Swedish, Italian, Polish, Russian and Spanish. The game was also released in other countries, but mainly in English-speaking ones.
Anarchy Online is a critically acclaimed online game, more specifically a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), with 20 international awards. Funcom issued several expansions: The Notum Wars, Shadowlands, Alien Invasion, Lost Eden and Legacy of The Xan. Founder Gaute Godager was the first Game Director, before Marius Enge released Alien Invasion and took over at the release of Shadowlands. However, shortly after the release of Alien Invasion, Morten Byom took over. Later, near the release of the Lost Eden expansion, Byom moved on to the Age of Conan team, and was succeeded as Game Director by Craig Morrison, also known as "Silirrion". Following the game, a book about the prehistory of the planet and a CD with music from the game were released.
In the spring of 2006, the company released the sequel to The Longest Journey for the Xbox and PC, entitled Dreamfall.
Funcom has also developed an online action role-playing video game for PC and console entitled Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures. This product utilizes the Conan the Cimmerian franchise license. The PC version of this game was released on May 20, 2008, and the Xbox 360 version was cancelled. As of 2011, the subscription model of the game has been altered to a hybrid game is marketed as Age of Conan: Unchained. Funcom released an expansion pack for the game called Age of Conan: Rise of the Godslayer.
The development of their MMO The Secret World was announced on May 11, 2007,[37] and the game was released on July 3, 2012.
Funcom earned a license from the Lego Company to develop a new MMO game, titled Lego Minifigures Online. The game is child friendly and was originally intended to be free-to-play, but released with a buy-to-play model on June 29, 2015.
On October 27, 2015, Funcom released a single-player horror title, The Park, set in the same universe setting as their MMO, The Secret World.
On October 25, 2016, Funcom released the one vs. one multiplayer game Hide and Shriek, set in the same universe as their MMO The Secret World.
On January 31, 2017, Funcom released an online survival sandbox game Conan Exiles, set in the Conan the Cimmerian franchise, as an early access title on PC. It was later released on the Xbox One as part of the Game Preview program on August 16, 2017.
On June 26, 2017, Funcom re-launched The Secret World as Secret World Legends, a free-to-play rebuild of the original 2012 MMORPG. It became available on Steam July 31, 2017.
Conan Exiles launched on 8 May 2018.[38]
On March 1 2022, Funcom publishes Mighty Kingdom's Conan Chop Chop, a party rogue-lite game for 1-4 players available on PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation, and Xbox.[39] One month later, on April 26, Funcom also publishes Dune: Spice Wars, a real-time strategy 4X title from developer Shiro Games, on Steam Early Access.[40]
On September 1 2022, Metal: Hellsinger, the heavy metal rhythm FPS from publisher Funcom and developer The Outsiders became available on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox X|S, and, later on, on PlayStation 4.[41]