Company:Arctic7

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Arctic7
IndustryVideo games
FoundedFebruary 16, 2022; 2 years ago (2022-02-16) in Austin, Texas
Founders
  • Igor Efremov
  • Mark Rizzo
  • Alan Van Slyke
Websitewww.arctic7.com

Arctic7 is a video game developer based in Austin, Texas . It was founded by a trio of former EA developers Igor Efremov, Mark Rizzo, Alan Van Slyke.

History

On February 16, 2022, it was announced that Igor Efremov, Mark Rizzo, and Alan Van Slyke; a trio of former EA developers had left to form their own studio Arctic7. The headquarters to be located in Austin Texas.[1] A month later, Arctic had secured a $2 million seed round of investment led by VC firm Grishin Robotics to fund the AAA vision.[2] The company then opened a new development studio in Montenegro in June 2022. Choosing former Sperasoft production director, Kedhrin Gonzalez to be the new studio head.[3]

In March 2023, The company appointed John Burns as chief commercial officer and Felix Jorge as chief communication officer.[4] Later that month it had acquired two studios; Star Fort Games and Narwhal Studios with the aim to expand business operations in gaming and into media production.[5][6] Few months later in August, the company announced another studio opening this time in Barcelona, Spain.[7][8]

Active studios

Logo Name Location Founded Acquired Notes
Arctic7 'Austin' Austin, Texas Feb. 2022 Handles localization and quality assurance
Arctic7 'Montenegro' Montenegro June 2022 Led by Kedhrin Gonzalez
Narwhal Studios Los Angeles, California Mar. 2023 Virtual Production studio
Star Fort Games Ottawa, Canada Mar. 2023 Developer of mobiles games, Star Envoy and WordMeetsTee
Arctic7 'Barcelona' Barcelona, Spain Aug. 2023

Games developed

Year Title Platform(s)
TBA Untitled AAA game TBA

References

  1. Rousseau, Jeffrey (February 17, 2022). "EA veterans form Arctic7 studio". https://www.gamesindustry.biz/ea-veterans-form-arctic7-studio. 
  2. Gardner, Matt. "EA, Sony, Microsoft Alumni Raise $2 Million For New RPG Studio Arctic7". https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattgardner1/2022/03/24/ea-sony-microsoft-alumni-raise-2-million-for-new-rpg-studio-arctic7/. 
  3. "Arctic7 opens new development studio in Montenegro led by former Sperasoft production director". June 15, 2022. https://gameworldobserver.com/2022/06/15/arctic7-opens-new-development-studio-in-montenegro-led-by-former-sperasoft-production-director. 
  4. Rousseau, Jeffrey (March 3, 2023). "Jobs Roundup: March 2023 | Diablo co-creator Erich Schaefer joins Moon Productions". https://www.gamesindustry.biz/jobs-roundup-diablo-co-creator-erich-schaefer-joins-moon-productions. 
  5. Rousseau, Jeffrey (March 20, 2023). "Arctic7 expands with two new acquisitions". https://www.gamesindustry.biz/arctic7-expands-with-two-new-acquisitions. 
  6. "Arctic7 Expands into Virtual Production with Narwhal Studios Acquisition". March 23, 2023. https://www.tvtechnology.com/news/arctic7-expands-into-virtual-production-with-narwhal-studios-acquisition. 
  7. "Arctic7 to open Barcelona office in 2024" (in en). 2023-08-31. https://www.gamesindustry.biz/arctic7-to-open-barcelona-office-in-2024. 
  8. "Arctic7 opening new Barcelona studio to help build mystery franchise" (in en). https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/arctic7-opening-new-barcelona-studio-to-help-build-mystery-franchise.