Supercell (video game company)

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Supercell Ltd
Native name
Supercell Oy
Company type Subsidiary
Industry Mobile games
Founded14 May 2010;14 years ago (2010-05-14)
Founder
  • Ilkka Paananen
  • Mikko Kodisoja
Headquarters
Helsinki
,
Finland
Key people
Ilkka Paananen (CEO) [1]
ProductsSee § Games
RevenueDecrease2.svg €1.698 billion [2]  (2023)
Decrease2.svg €580 million [2]  (2023)
Number of employees
525 [2]  (2023)
Parent Tencent (81.4%; 2016–present)
Subsidiaries HypeHype (51%; 2016–present)
Space Ape Games (62%; 2017–present)
Website supercell.com

Supercell Ltd (natively Supercell Oy ) [3] is a Finnish mobile game development company based in Helsinki. Founded on 14 May 2010, [4] the company's debut game was the browser game Gunshine.net, and after its release in 2011, Supercell started developing games for mobile devices. Since then, the company has fully released six mobile games: Hay Day , Clash of Clans , Boom Beach , Clash Royale , Brawl Stars and Squad Busters , which are freemium fast-paced games and have been very successful for the company, the first two generating revenue of €2 million per day in 2013. [5] [ needs update ]

Contents

Following its rapid growth, Supercell opened additional offices in Shanghai, San Francisco, and Seoul. In 2016, the company was bought out by Chinese conglomerate Tencent holdings, taking an 81.4% stake in the company valued at €8.4 billion. [6]

Company

Business model

Supercell focuses on the development of free-to-play games that yield profits through the in-game microtransactions. The company's objective is to focus on the successful games that stay popular for years. The focus has not been on revenue, but on the principle "just design something great, something that users love". [7] Game development focuses around "cells" of five to seven people which start with idea generation and an initial review by CEO Paananen. [7] The team subsequently develops the idea into a game, which the rest of the company's employees get to play-test, followed by play-testing in Canada's App store; if the Canada reception is good, the next step is global rollout (App Store). [7] Successful failures are celebrated by employees. [7] One of the games that was cancelled well into development was Battle Buddies, which had also been rated well in the test market, but the number of players was still too small. The final decision for cancelling a project is done by the development team themselves.

History

CEO and co-founder Ilkka Paananen in 2021 Ilkka Paananen 1.6.2021 (cropped).jpg
CEO and co-founder Ilkka Paananen in 2021

Background and founding

Before Supercell, two of its founders, Mikko Kodisoja and Ilkka Paananen, worked at Sumea, a mobile game company. Kodisoja co-founded Sumea in 1999, and Paananen was hired as the company's CEO in 2000. In 2003, Sumea made a profit of €1.2 million. In the following year, the American Digital Chocolate bought Sumea and made the company its Finnish headquarters and Paananen the European manager. Kodisoja, the firm's creative director, left the company in 2010, followed soon after by Paananen. [8]

Paananen moved to venture capital company Lifeline Ventures, but wanted to create a game company where executives would not disturb the work of the game developers. Together, Paananen, Kodisoja, Petri Styrman, Lassi Leppinen, Visa Forstén, and Niko Derome who had known each other through work connections, founded Supercell in 2010. The company started its business in the Niittykumpu district of Espoo. [9]

Kodisoja and Paananen invested €250,000 in the company. Tekes, the Finnish funding agency for technology innovation, loaned them a further €400,000 and Lifeline Ventures also invested in Supercell. The following October, Supercell raised €750,000 through seed funding, including from London Venture Partners and Initial Capital. The first game Supercell started to develop was the massive multiplayer online game Gunshine that could be played on Facebook with a browser or on mobile platforms. The game prototype was ready in eight months. [9] After Gunshine's completion, Accel Partners also invested €8 million in the company in May 2011, and shareholder Kevin Comolli became a member of Supercell's board of directors. Accel also invested in Rovio, among others. [10]

Change of strategies

In November 2011, Supercell abandoned Gunshine for three reasons: it did not interest players for long enough, it was too difficult to play, and the mobile version did not work as well as the browser version. At best, the game had approximately half a million players. Supercell considered Zynga's market leadership in games on the Facebook platform insurmountable and so decided to focus on iPad games, cancelling a Facebook game it was developing. In order to ease concerns of Supercell's investors due to the change of direction, Paananen increased the detail of progress reports. [9]

The company simultaneously developed five games, and the first to be released for public testing was Pets vs Orcs. This game and Tower were abandoned. In May 2012, Hay Day was published and eventually became Supercell's first internationally released game. [9] Hay Day was Supercell's version of Zynga's successful Facebook game FarmVille , an easy-to-play farm simulator. Supercell added to their farming simulator the ability to refine products, a production chain, and touch screen properties. The social aspect of the game was emphasised as well. In four months, the game became one of the most profitable games in Apple's App Store in the US, and was one of the most profitable in the world for two and a half years. The game receives regular updates and is maintained by a team of 14 people. [11]

Development of Clash of Clans

Lasse Louhento had started at Bloodhouse, and Lassi Leppinen was the chief programmer at Sumea and Digital Chocolate. Their team had spent months on a fantasy themed Facebook game when Supercell changed strategies. Leppinen and Louhento wanted to make a strategy game that would use a touch screen so playing would be as simple and pleasant as possible. The development of Clash of Clans took six months, and the game was released on 2 August 2012. In three months, it became the most profitable app in the US. According to App Annie, in the years 2013 and 2014 Clash of Clans was the most profitable mobile game in the world. The eponymous battle between the clans was added to the game as late as 2014. [12]

In summer 2013, Supercell began a marketing collaboration with the Japanese video game company GungHo: the companies cross-marketed each other's games in their own markets. As a result, Clash of Clans became one of the most downloaded apps in Japan. GungHo's chairman of the board Taizo Son flew to Finland to thank Paananen and later introduced him to his brother Masayoshi Son, the CEO of the SoftBank Corporation. Soon, they proposed a corporate acquisition which indeed happened on 7 October 2013. SoftBank and GungHo bought 51% of Supercell's shares for 1.1 billion euros which is the largest price for a Finnish private company in history. In six months, Supercell's value had tripled, since in spring 2013 the company had sold 16.7% of its shares for 100 million euros. [13]

Development of games after Clash of Clans

Both Clash of Clans and Hay Day were released in summer 2012, [7] and Supercell did not release a new game in almost two years. The design of the third game Boom Beach started in the autumn of 2012, and it was released in 2014. The new strategy game was released to the test market at the end of 2013, after which it went through large changes. The game was very successful in the US right after its release in March, but it did not stay at the top of the download charts for very long. However, it rose to the top 30 of the most downloaded iPhone apps after Supercell started an expensive marketing campaign in December 2014. In 2015, the game surpassed Hay Day in the charts. [14]

In March 2016, Supercell released its fourth supported game, Clash Royale , which uses similar characters from Clash of Clans. Between the releases of Boom Beach and Clash Royale, Supercell had discontinued multiple game projects, two in their test release phase. One of them was Smash Land which had been developed by 4 to 5 people for 10 months. [15]

In December 2018, Supercell released Brawl Stars globally, which was their fifth supported game and took 18 months to develop from its original release. [16]

On 15 December 2021, Supercell announced that they are opening a new game studio in North America to make games for other platforms like PC and consoles. [17]

On 23 March 2023, in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Supercell suspended service for players in Russia and Belarus until at least 1 June. [18] [ needs update ]

Funding

Accel Partners and Index Ventures invested $12 million in the Series A of Supercell in 2011. [19] In October 2013 it was announced that the Japanese company GungHo Online Entertainment and its parent SoftBank had acquired 51% of the company for a reported $1.51 billion. [20] On 1 June 2015, SoftBank acquired an additional 22.7% stake in Supercell, which brought their total stake to 73.2% of the company and made them the sole external shareholder. [21] In 2016, Supercell reported annual revenues of around €2.11 billion. [22] In three years, the company's revenues have grown a total of 800 percent, from 78.4 million (2012). [22] [23] [24]

Ownership

In June 2016, Halti S.A., a Luxembourg-based consortium founded that month, acquired 81.4% of Supercell for $8.6 billion. [25] [26] At the time, Japan's SoftBank valued Supercell at $10.2 billion. [25] Halti S.A. was 50%-owned by Chinese technology company Tencent; in October 2019, Tencent increased its stake in the consortium to 51.2% by acquiring shares worth $40 million as part of a convertible bond. [26] [27]

Subsidiaries

In 2016, Supercell acquired 51% of Frogmind, developer for Badland . They would later rebrand as HypeHype in 2021, with Supercell investing an extra €13 million to fund development. [28]

In 2017, Supercell acquired 60% of Space Ape Games, a mobile game developer based in London. [29] In February 2021, it was announced that Space Ape will collaborate with Supercell to make Beatstar, which led to Supercell ID becoming available on Beatstar. [30] In late 2021, Space Ape developed Boom Beach: Frontlines , a spin-off of Boom Beach with Supercell. It was soft-launched in Canada on 19 October 2021 and was released to selected countries. On 30 November 2022, the game was announced to be discontinued with servers shutting down in January 2023. [31]

Games

TitleYearAvailabilityDescription
Gunshine.net (later Zombies Online)2011Dark Red x.svgGunshine.net (later known as Zombies Online) was Supercell's first game and only non-mobile game. It was a browser game that released in 2011. [32] The servers were shut down on 30 November 2012. [33]
Pets vs Orcs2012Dark Red x.svgPets vs Orcs was the company's first mobile game. It was downloadable for a little over a month in 2012. [34]
Battle Buddies2012Dark Red x.svgThe company's second mobile game, Battle Buddies was soft-launched in a number of countries in 2012, but was discontinued later in the same year. [35] The game was pulled out of market due to poor monetization, despite gaining positive reviews from critics. [36]
Hay Day 2012 (iOS) and 2013 (Android)Yes check.svgOn 21 June 2012, Supercell released Hay Day on iOS and on 20 November 2013 on Android.
Clash of Clans 2012 (iOS) and 2013 (Android)Yes check.svgOn 2 August 2012, Supercell worldwide released Clash of Clans on iOS and on 7 October 2013 on Android. The online strategy game where players build defenses and train troops to attack other players' bases, is the top grossing app of iOS and Android of all time. Clash of Clans has also received positive reviews from global audience. It has a score of 9/10 by Pocket Gamer and 4.5/5 stars from Gamezebo.
Boom Beach 2014Yes check.svgOn 26 March 2014, Supercell released Boom Beach on iOS and Android. [37]
Spooky Pop2014Dark Red x.svgThe Canadian soft-launch of Supercell's addition to its mobile line-up, Spooky Pop, was released in December 2014 and discontinued in March 2015. [38] On 9 February 2015, the app was removed from the Canadian App Store and those with previously downloaded copies trying to access the game were met with a pop-up message of the discontinuance. On 10 March 2015, the game was fully shut down. [39] Supercell has since been described as conservative on the release of titles after the successes of Clash of Clans and Boom Beach as opposed to many other mobile-development companies. [40]
Smash Land2015Dark Red x.svgSmash Land was launched on a limited basis in Canada and Australia on 1 April 2015. [41] However, on 1 July of that year, Supercell announced on its official forum that it had decided to cancel development of the game. [42] Smash Land remained available for download until 1 September, at which point it was permanently removed from online distribution platforms. [42]
Clash Royale 2016Yes check.svgOn 4 January 2016, Supercell soft-launched Clash Royale on iOS and also on 16 February 2016, Supercell soft-launched the game on Android in Canada, Hong Kong, Australia, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Iceland, Finland and New Zealand. On 2 March 2016, Supercell launched the game globally for iOS and Android. [43]
Brawl Stars 2018Yes check.svgOn 14 June 2017, Supercell announced Brawl Stars via a video on YouTube. It received an iOS soft launch in the Canadian App Store the following day. [44] It was released in the Finland, Sweden and Norway App Stores on 19 January 2018. The Android version was released on 26 June 2018 in Canada, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Ireland, Singapore and Malaysia. [45] The game was globally released on 12 December 2018, one and a half years after the beta release. [16]
Rush Wars2019Dark Red x.svgOn 26 August 2019, a beta version of Rush Wars was launched in Canada, Australia and New Zealand. [46] On 5 November 2019, it was announced that the game would not be continued, and would shut down on 30 November. [47]
Hay Day Pop2020Dark Red x.svgOn 16 March 2020, Hay Day Pop was released in beta. The game is only available to certain countries such as Finland, Canada, Norway and others. [48] On 30 November 2020, Supercell announced that they will discontinue Hay Day Pop. The servers were shut down on 1 February 2021. [49]
Clash Quest2021Dark Red x.svgOn 2 April 2021, Supercell announced three new games in development, including Clash Quest. [50] On 6 April 2021, Clash Quest became available in Finland, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, and Denmark on iOS and Android. [51] On 6 May 2021, the game became available in the Philippines. [52] On 17 August 2022, the Clash Quest Twitter account announced that the development of the game has been discontinued. [53] [54] The servers were shut down on 29 September 2022. [55]
Clash Mini2021Dark Red x.svgOn 2 April 2021, Supercell announced three new games in development, including Clash Mini. [50] On 8 November 2021, Clash Mini became available in Finland, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Denmark, Canada. Later on, Singapore, Chile, Philippines, Hong Kong, Sri Lanka, Australia, New Zealand, UK and Ireland on iOS and Android. On 14 March 2024, the Clash Mini Twitter account announced that the development of the game has been discontinued. The servers were shut down on 25 April 2024. Supercell has stated that there is plans to release Clash Mini as a mode in Clash Royale . [56] [57] [58]
Clash Heroes–Dark Red x.svgOn 2 April 2021, Supercell announced three new games in development, including Clash Heroes. [50] On 24 June 2024, Supercell announced the discontinuation of the game and revealed that Project R.I.S.E will use some assets and concepts.
Everdale 2021Dark Red x.svgOn 23 August 2021, a beta version of the world-building mobile game Everdale was launched in Canada, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Nordics, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong, Philippines and Malaysia. [59] On 3 October 2022, Supercell announced ending of the development of Everdale. The servers were shut down on 31 October 2022. [60]
Boom Beach: Frontlines2022Dark Red x.svgA game within the Boom Beach universe - the game by Space Ape Games soft launched in Canada on 19 October 2021. It would later expand into 18 more regions on 3 August 2022. The game would eventually have its servers taken offline on 16 January 2023 after Space Ape Games announced it was ending development. [61] The game was discontinued on 30 November 2022, with servers shutting down in January 2023. [62]
Flood Rush2023Dark Red x.svgFlood Rush was announced on 29 May 2023. It was available at a beta test from 29 May 2023 to 7 June 2023 in New Zealand, United States, Australia, Singapore and UK, but only on Android. [63] On 24 August 2023, Supercell announced ending of the development of Flood Rush. [64]
Mo.co2023Mo.co was announced on 11 October 2023. It was available at a beta test from 25 October 2023 to 6 November 2023 in the United States but only on Android.
Squad Busters 2024Yes check.svgThe game was announced on 1 February 2023. It was available from 6 February 2023 to 16 February 2023 only in Canada, only on Android and only for selected participants. A second beta was launched from 22 May to 29 May in Canada, Mexico and Spain for Android only.

The game was soft launched on 23 April 2024 on Android and iOS in Canada, Spain, Singapore, Mexico, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland. [65] Two days after the soft launch, Supercell announced Squad Busters will release globally on 29 May 2024. [66]

Project R.I.S.EUnknownEarly developmentAfter announcing the discontinuation of Clash Heroes, Supercell also announced Project R.I.S.E, a social action RPG rogue-lite that is inspired by it. It is set in the Clash universe and is currently in very early development, with only a pre-alpha being released so far. [67]

Marketing

During Super Bowl XLIX in February 2015, Supercell spent $9 million for a 60-second runtime in front of 118.5 million viewers. According to The Guardian , the Clash of Clans advertisement was one of the most popular advertisements of the 61 spots aired on NBC. [68] The commercial, dubbed "Revenge", featured Liam Neeson parodying his character from the Taken film series by seeking revenge in a coffee shop for a random player destroying his village. The commercial has reached a total of 165 million [69] views on the game's official YouTube channel so far, [70] and it was the most watched commercial on YouTube in 2015. [71] Despite the success of the commercial, Supercell has seen only a marginal increase in downloads following the advertisement. [72] In 2020, Supercell collaborated with an animation production studio Psyop, produced a short film Lost & Crowned, was uploaded on 12 September 2020 and qualified for Oscars recognition in December.

Acknowledgements

In 2012, Supercell was awarded as the best Nordic start-up company [73] and chosen as the Finnish game developer of the year. [74] The following year, Supercell won the Finnish Teknologiakasvattaja 2013 (Technology Educator 2013) contest, [75] and the company was chosen as the software entrepreneur of the year. In 2014, the research and consultancy agency T-Media chose Supercell as Finland's most reputable company in their Luottamus&Maine (Trust&Reputation) report. [76]

Notes

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Remedy Entertainment Oyj, trading internationally as Remedy Entertainment Plc, is a Finnish video game developer based in Espoo. Notable games the studio has developed include the first two entries in the Max Payne franchise, Alan Wake, Quantum Break and Control. Sam Lake, Remedy's creative director, has represented the company on numerous occasions.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Video games in China</span> Overview of video gaming in China

The video game industry in China currently is one of the major markets for the global video game industry, where more than half a billion people play video games. Revenues from China make up around 25% of the nearly US$100 billion global video game industry as of 2018. Since 2015, China has exceeded the contribution to the global market from the United States. Because of its market size, China has been described as the "Games Industry Capital of the World" and is home to some of the largest video game companies. China has also been a major factor in the growth of esports, both in player talent and in revenue.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tencent</span> Chinese conglomerate holding company

Tencent Holdings Ltd. is a Chinese multinational technology conglomerate and holding company headquartered in Shenzhen. It is one of the highest grossing multimedia companies in the world based on revenue. It is also the world's largest company in the video game industry based on its equity investments.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rovio Entertainment</span> Finnish video game developer

Rovio Entertainment Oyj is a Finnish video game developer based in Espoo. Founded in 2003 by Helsinki University of Technology students Niklas Hed, Jarno Väkeväinen and Kim Dikert, the company is best known for the Angry Birds franchise. The company currently operates studios in Barcelona, Toronto, Montreal, Espoo, Stockholm, and Copenhagen. The company's success has helped to establish Finland as a leading player in the mobile game industry and has helped to create a thriving ecosystem for game development in the country. In August 2023, Sega bought Rovio for US$776 million and was made a subsidiary of the Sega Europe division.

<i>Hay Day</i> 2012 mobile farming game by Supercell

Hay Day is a freemium mobile farming game developed and published by Supercell. Hay Day was released for iOS on 21 June 2012 and Android on 20 November 2013. According to a 2013 report, Supercell earned $30 million a month from Hay Day and Clash of Clans. In 2013, Hay Day was the fourth highest game in revenue generated, with a total of over 1.2 billion dollars in gross income by the end of 2013.

<i>Clash of Clans</i> 2012 mobile strategy game

Clash of Clans is a 2012 free-to-play mobile strategy video game developed and published by the Finnish game-development company Supercell. The game was released for iOS platforms on 2 August 2012, and on Google Play for Android on 7 October 2013.

<i>Boom Beach</i> 2014 mobile game by Supercell

Boom Beach is a free massively multiplayer online real-time strategy game for iOS and Android, developed by Supercell. It was soft launched in Canada on 11 November 2013 and released worldwide on 26 March 2014.

<i>Hill Climb Racing</i> 2012 video game

Hill Climb Racing is a 2012 2D physics-based racing video game released and published by the Finnish studio Fingersoft for Android, iOS, Microsoft Windows, and Windows Phone. It was originally created by Toni Fingerroos, Fingersoft's founder, and it's the brand's best-known and selling game. The player controls a driver named Bill Newton across hilly terrains, collecting coins and diamonds along the way and spending them on vehicular upgrades and vehicles themselves while being watchful of the driver's head and fuel supply.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cafe Bazaar</span> Iranian digital software distribution company

Cafe Bazaar is an Iranian app store for the Android operating system, founded in April 2011 by Reza Mohammadi and Hessam Armandehi. Cafe Bazaar tailors its services specifically towards Persian-speaking users and offers more than 25,000 downloadable Iranian and international apps for gaming, social media, messaging and other uses.

<i>Clash Royale</i> 2016 mobile game

Clash Royale is a real-time strategy video game developed and published by Supercell. The game combines elements from collectible card games, tower defense, and multiplayer online battle arena. The game was released globally on March 2, 2016. Clash Royale reached $1 billion in revenue in less than a year on the market. In three years, Clash Royale made $2.5 billion in revenue according to market intelligence company Sensor Tower. It is the first spinoff of Clash of Clans.

Video gaming in Finland consists of a video game industry which includes 260 active video game developer studios, roughly a dozen professional players and countless enthusiastic amateurs.

<i>Brawl Stars</i> 2018 mobile game

Brawl Stars is a multiplayer online battle arena and third-person hero shooter video game developed and published by Finnish video game company Supercell. The game was released worldwide on December 12, 2018, on iOS and Android platforms. The game features a variety of game modes, each with a distinctive objective. Players are able to choose from over 80 unlockable characters, called "Brawlers," which each have different abilities and playstyles.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tencent Games</span> Video game publishing division

Tencent Games is the video game publishing subdivision of Tencent Interactive Entertainment, the digital entertainment division of Tencent Holdings. It has five internal studio groups, including TiMi Studio Group. Tencent Games was founded in 2003 to focus on online games. In 2021, it launched its international Level Infinite brand, which is stated to be operated from its Singapore office.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">TiMi Studio Group</span> Subsidiary of Tencent Games

TiMi Studio Group, a subsidiary of Tencent Games, is a video game development studio group headquartered in Shenzhen, China and offices in Singapore, Montréal, Seattle, Los Angeles, Chengdu, and Shanghai. TiMi generated an estimated revenue of $10 billion USD in 2020. Reportedly, TiMi is the largest video game operator and developer in the world by revenue. Founded in 2008 as Jade Studio, TiMi comprises several development divisions with different areas of expertise and develops games in different genres for PC, mobile, and Nintendo Switch, including Honor of Kings, Arena of Valor, Call of Duty: Mobile, Speed Drifters, and Pokémon Unite.

Krafton Inc. is a South Korean video game publisher and holding company based in Bundang-gu, Seongnam. It was created in November 2018 to serve as the parent company for Bluehole, founded by Chang Byung-gyu in Seoul in March 2007, and its subsidiaries. The company has published several notable video game titles including TERA, PUBG: Battlegrounds, New State Mobile,The Callisto Protocol and Moonbreaker. According to Forbes, Chang has a net worth of $2.9 billion and is one of the seven gaming billionaires in South Korea.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">History of mobile games</span>

The popularisation of mobile games began as early as 1997 with the introduction of Snake preloaded on Nokia feature phones, demonstrating the practicality of games on these devices. Several mobile device manufacturers included preloaded games in the wake of Snake's success. In 1999, the introduction of the i-mode service in Japan allowed a wide variety of more advanced mobile games to be downloaded onto smartphones, though the service was largely limited to Japan. By the early 2000s, the technical specifications of Western handsets had also matured to the point where downloadable applications could be supported, but mainstream adoption continued to be hampered by market fragmentation between different devices, operating environments, and distributors.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Fingersoft</span> Finnish video game developer

Fingersoft is a Finnish video game developer based in Oulu. Fingersoft is one of the most northern game studios in the world, located just 170km south of the Arctic Circle. It is best known for the mobile games Hill Climb Racing and Hill Climb Racing 2, which together have over 2 billion installations.

<i>Everdale</i> Discontinued village-building mobile game

Everdale was a free-to-play village-building mobile game from Supercell that was in beta from 23 August 2021 to 31 October 2022. It was available in Canada, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Nordics, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong, Philippines and Malaysia.

<i>Squad Busters</i> 2024 mobile game

Squad Busters is an online mobile action game developed and published by the Finnish video game company Supercell. The game was released globally on 29 May 2024 for Android, iOS and HarmonyOS.

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