Funcom

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Funcom Productions A/S

Type	Video game developer/publisher
Founded	1993
Headquarters	Oslo, Norway
Key people	Gaute Godager (Founder)
Industry	Video games
Products	The Longest Journey Anarchy Online Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures Dreamfall
Revenue	NOK 5,291 million (2005)
Operating income	NOK -1,321 million (2005)
Net income	NOK -1,558 million (2005)
Employees	180
Website	http://www.funcom.com/

Funcom Productions A/S (OSE: FUNCOM)is a Norway-based computer and video game developer and publisher. Besides its Oslo, Norway, headquarters, Funcom has offices in USA, China, and Switzerland.

Founded in 1993 by Gaute Godager, the company is one of the leading independent game developers and publishers in the world, possibly number one in Europe. They focus mainly on PC games but has also released games on other consoles such as Super NES, Sega Saturn, Sega Genesis and Xbox.

In December 2005, Funcom was the first Norwegian game developer to be listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange.

[edit] Well-known games

The Longest Journey was produced by Ragnar Tørnquist and was very well received both by critics and users. The game was published in seven languages. English, Norwegian, French, Dutch, Swedish, Polish 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 MMORPG, with 20 international awards; including several from RPG Vault. Funcom issued several expansions; The Notum Wars, Alien Invasion, Shadowlands and Lost Eden. 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 Byrom took over.The story takes place on the planet of Rubi-Ka. Following the game, a book has been written about the pre-history about the planet and also a CD with music from the game has been released.

In the spring of 2006, the company released the sequel to The Longest Journey for the Xbox and PC, entitled Dreamfall.

Funcom is also developing a highly-anticipated online action RPG for PC and console entitled Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures. This product utilizes the Conan the Cimmerian franchise license and is slated for release in Q2 2007.

As of 2006, Funcom has released 23 games.