Playdead

Playdead
legal form	Anpartsselskab
founding	December 7, 2006
Seat	Copenhagen , Denmark
management	Arnt Jensen
Number of employees	40 (as of 2018)
Branch	Video game developer
Website	playdead.com
As of October 30, 2018

Playdead is a Danish video game developer.

history

Playdead was founded in 2006 by Arnt Jensen and Dino Christian Patti as underholdningsbranchen ApS in Denmark. Together with 16 freelance employees, the two founders began developing the game Limbo and renamed themselves Limbo ApS in 2008. After the release of Limbo , which was accompanied by many awards for the game, work on the game Inside began . In 2012 the company got its current name Playdead. In 2016, Inside was finally published and founder Patti sold his shares in the company to Jensen. Playdead's third video game was announced by Jensen in 2017 with the words “fairly lonely sci-fi game somewhere in the universe”.

Awards

limbo

• Independent Games Festival 2010
  • Technical Excellence
  • Excellence in Visual Art
• Video Game Awards 2010
  • Best Independent Game
• Summer of Arcade 2010 Winner
• Game Developers Choice Awards 2011
  • Best Visual Art
  • Nomination in six other categories
• Apple Design Award 2012 - Mac Developer Showcase

Inside

• Game Critics Awards Best Independent Game
• DICE Awards
  • DICE Spirit Award
  • Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction
  • Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction
• British Academy Games Awards
  • Artistic Achievement
  • Game design
  • Narratives
  • Original property
• Webby Awards
  • Action
  • Best User Experience (People's Voice)
  • Best visual design

Games

• 2010: Limbo
• 2016: Inside

Web links

• official page
• Playdead at MobyGames (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://uk.pc.ign.com/articles/107/1077086p1.html
2. ↑ http://www.4players.de/4players.php/tvplayer/4PlayersTV/Alle/25438/67029/Video_Game_Awards/Gewinner.html VGA2010 winner
3. ^ Winners: 2011 Game Developers Choice Awards
4. ↑ https://www.gamespot.com/articles/here-are-e3-2016s-game-critics-award-winners/1100-6441502/
5. ↑ https://www.gamespot.com/articles/overwatch-wins-dice-game-of-the-year-all-winners-r/1100-6448157/
6. ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/mar/09/bafta-games-awards-2017-inside-and-uncharted-4-lead-the-way
7. ↑ https://www.webbyawards.com/winners/2018/