Funcom
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| Traded as | : |
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Interactive entertainment Computer and video games |
| Founded | 1993 |
| Headquarters | Oslo, Norway |
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Key people
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Rui Casais (CEO) |
| Products |
The Longest Journey Anarchy Online Age of Conan Dreamfall The Secret World Lego Minifigures Online |
| Revenue | US$20.062 million (FY 2010) |
 US$0.593 million (FY 2010)
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| US$5.819 million (Q2 2008) | |
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Number of employees
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100 |
| Divisions | Funcom Oslo AS (Norway) Funcom Inc. (USA) Funcom NV (Netherlands) |
| Website | funcom |
Funcom Oslo AS (: , formerly Funcom Productions AS) is a Norwegian video game developer specializing in online games. It is best known for the massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) titles Age of Conan, Anarchy Online, The Secret World and The Longest Journey series of adventure games. The company has offices in Oslo, Norway and North Carolina, US. They previously also had offices in Montreal and Beijing.
Founded in 1993 by Erik Gloersen, Andre Backen, Gaute Godager and Olav Mørkrid, the company is one of the leading European independent game developers and publishers. They focus mainly on PC games but have also released games on other platforms, including mobile phones and tablets. Funcom's console releases includes titles on Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Super NES, Sega Saturn and Xbox.
In December 2005, Funcom was the first Norwegian game developer to be listed on the .
On March 14, 2007, the company abandoned traditional "offline" product distribution (e.g. on optical discs) in favor of digital distribution completely. The main reason for this decision was claimed to be the financial losses due to software piracy.
On August 21, 2008, Funcom laid off half of its Customer Service department located in Durham, North Carolina. On November 22, 2008, third parties reported that Funcom fired additional 70% of the staff in their US workforce, possibly endangering future releases.
On September 17, 2008, Gaute Godager left Funcom, stating he was dissatisfied with certain elements of Age of Conan, which he directed. Craig Morrison took over the direction of Age of Conan.
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