Company:Image & Form
Type | Subsidiary |
---|---|
Industry | Video games |
Fate | Merged |
Successor | Thunderful Development |
Founded | 1997 |
Founder | Brjánn Sigurgeirsson |
Defunct | 2020 |
Headquarters | Gothenburg , Sweden |
Key people | Brjánn Sigurgeirsson (CEO) |
Number of employees | 25 (2019) |
Parent | Thunderful Group (2018–2020) |
Website | imageform |
Image & Form International AB was a Swedish video game developer based in Gothenburg. The company was founded by Brjánn Sigurgeirsson in 1997 and formed the Thunderful group with Zoink in 2017. In 2020, Image & Form was integrated into Thunderful Development.
History
Image & Form was founded by Brjánn Sigurgeirsson, who acts as its CEO, and an unnamed co-founder in 1997.[1][2] Sigurgeirsson had collected experience in web design after working from Tokyo and San Francisco , and when he applied for several jobs of the same type in Gothenburg and would have gotten all of them, he established Image & Form as a two-man multimedia and web operation to capitalise on this industry.[3] While Sigurgeirsson intended to call the company Imagenation, his co-founder wished for it to be called Monkey Business; a vote between their friends was to resolve this dispute, though a third suggestion, "Image & Form", received the best reception.[2]
The business soon expanded with web-based game production, and in 2002, it was contracted to complete an edutainment game project for a Norwegian publisher.[3] After that project was finished, the two companies continued co-operating for games made entirely by Image & Form.[3] This continued as a side-business for Image & Form until 2007, when the publisher asked for speed up production to produce eight games per year, up from previously one game in 18 months.[3] The series was sold to a Danish publisher that eventually closed in 2009.[4] Through this development, Image & Form created 30 edutainment games in the same series between 2007 and early 2010.[3] Image & Form's portfolio diversified when it released its first iOS game, Gyro the Sheepdog, in late 2009.[3] Following onto this, Image & Form also released Mariachi Hero, Hugo Troll Race, and, in October 2011, Anthill.[3] Its most successful series of games, SteamWorld, started with the release of SteamWorld Tower Defense on Nintendo DSi in 2010.[3][5] In late 2011, Bergsala Holding acquired 50% of the company, and Image & Form became the former's primary development arm.[3] Sigurgeirsson, Bergsala Holding, and Zoink's Klaus Lyngeled decided to merge the two studios and created Thunderful as their parent company in December 2017.[6][7] By April 2019, Image & Form had 25 employees.[8] In 2020, Thunderful (now called Thunderful Group) merged Zoink with Image & Form and Guru Games to create Thunderful Development.[9]
Games developed
Year | Title | Platform(s) |
---|---|---|
2010 | SteamWorld Tower Defense | Nintendo DSi, Nintendo 3DS |
2011 | Anthill | Android, Apple iOS |
2013 | SteamWorld Dig | Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Wii U, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Google Stadia |
2015 | SteamWorld Heist | Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Wii U, Apple iOS, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Google Stadia |
2017 | SteamWorld Dig 2 | Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One |
2019 | SteamWorld Quest: Hand of Gilgamech | Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, Apple iOS, Google Stadia |
2021 | The Gunk | Microsoft Windows, Xbox Series X, Xbox One |
References
- ↑ Dring, Christopher (3 July 2018). "Thunderful acquires UK and US publisher Rising Star Games". https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-07-03-thunderful-acquires-uk-and-us-publisher-rising-star-games.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Bonds, Curtis; Ronaghan, Neal (15 May 2013). "Image & Form Games Interview with Brjann Sigurgeirsson". http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/interview/34190/image-namp-form-games-interview-with-brjann-sigurgeirsson.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 Whitehead, Thomas (27 April 2013). "Developer Interview: Image & Form on SteamWorld Dig, 3DS Development and Working With Nintendo". http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2013/04/developer_interview_image_and_form_on_steamworld_dig_3ds_development_and_working_with_nintendo.
- ↑ Kiepels, Caroline (7 March 2016). "Ångdrivna robotar rusar på topplistorna" (in sv). https://digital.di.se/artikel/angdrivna-robotar-rusar-pa-topplistorna.
- ↑ Taylor, Haydn (12 February 2019). "Image & Form: The steam-powered journey to self-sufficiency". https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-02-12-image-and-form-the-steam-powered-journey-to-self-sufficiency.
- ↑ Kerr, Chris (3 July 2018). "UK publisher Rising Star Games acquired by Thunderful". https://gamasutra.com/view/news/321253/UK_publisher_Rising_Star_Games_acquired_by_Thunderful.php.
- ↑ McFerran, Damien (25 January 2018). "Image & Form And Zoink! Games Join Forces Under New Company Thunderful". http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2018/01/image_and_form_and_zoink_games_join_forces_under_new_company_thunderful.
- ↑ Watts, Steve (8 April 2019). "SteamWorld Quest: From Edutainment To Indie Powerhouse". https://www.gamespot.com/articles/steamworld-quest-from-edutainment-to-indie-powerho/1100-6465942/.
- ↑ "History". Thunderful Group. 2020. https://thunderfulgroup.com/about-us/history.
External links
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image & Form.
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