{"id":1749,"date":"2020-07-05T08:21:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-05T15:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gamesround.com\/blog\/?p=1749"},"modified":"2020-07-03T13:32:21","modified_gmt":"2020-07-03T20:32:21","slug":"paradox-interactive-acquires-playrion-game-studio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gamesround.com\/blog\/paradox-interactive-acquires-playrion-game-studio","title":{"rendered":"Paradox Interactive Acquires Playrion Game Studio"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Paradox Interactive, a publisher and developer of games that are really taking off, announced the acquisition of Playrion Game Studio, a mobile-focused developer based in Paris. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Playrion Game Studio, founded in 2010 to support the development of\u00a0<em>Airlines Manager,<\/em>\u00a0joins Paradox Interactive as its eighth internal studio.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Airlines Manager,<\/em>&nbsp;originally a student project and browser-based management game, has become an impressive success, with more than 10 million players since its release on mobile platforms in 2014. The title\u2019s deep and complex management gameplay fits Paradox&#8217;s portfolio perfectly. To celebrate the title joining Paradox\u2019s roster of games, players can get a free celebratory unique plane, to the colors of Paradox Interactive in-game.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI am incredibly excited to join this amazing and well-established game company, and to bring our expertise and knowledge about mobile games,\u201d said Benjamin Cohen, Founder and Studio Manager at Playrion. \u201cAs soon as we met Paradox Interactive, I understood that we had very close DNA. For almost five years, Playrion has experienced exponential growth thanks to our very talented team, and without a doubt, we\u2019ll be able to push things even further with Paradox Interactive on our side. This is the best opportunity we ever had to improve the experience of our players and to deliver better games.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAdding Playrion to our roster allows us to continue expanding our business in new areas, and bring more of our IPs to mobile,\u201d said Charlotta Nilsson, Chief Operations Officer at Paradox Interactive. \u201cWe\u2019re always thrilled when we find teams who want to make the kind of games we\u2019d like to make ourselves. Playrion is a natural addition to the Paradox family, and we\u2019re delighted to have them joining us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Playrion Game Studio joins the growing Paradox roster, which also includes Paradox Development Studio in Stockholm; Paradox Arctic in Ume\u00e5, Sweden; the Paradox development team in Malm\u00f6, Sweden; Paradox Tectonic in Berkeley, California; Triumph Studios in Delft, The Netherlands; Harebrained Schemes in Seattle; and Paradox Tinto in Barcelona.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To get on board with&nbsp;<em>Airlines Manager,<\/em>&nbsp;download the game here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>iOS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/paradoxplaza.us3.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=f2b6f430f6574f4d360bd22a5&amp;id=303ad21607&amp;e=a7d6732f39\">https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/airlines-manager-tycoon-2020\/id823481079<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Android:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/paradoxplaza.us3.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=f2b6f430f6574f4d360bd22a5&amp;id=bf2021e226&amp;e=a7d6732f39\">https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.Playrion.AirlinesManager2<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paradox Interactive, a publisher and developer of games that are really taking off, announced the acquisition of Playrion Game Studio, a mobile-focused developer based in Paris. Playrion Game Studio, founded in 2010 to support the development of\u00a0Airlines Manager,\u00a0joins Paradox Interactive as its eighth internal studio. Airlines Manager,&nbsp;originally a student project and browser-based management game, has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1750,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gamesround.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1749"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gamesround.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gamesround.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gamesround.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gamesround.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1749"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gamesround.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1749\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1751,"href":"https:\/\/www.gamesround.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1749\/revisions\/1751"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gamesround.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gamesround.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gamesround.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gamesround.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}