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Winners Revealed
Supercell founder Ilkka Paananen named Power Player of the Year at Finnish Game Awards 2025
The awards ceremony also celebrated the 30-year history of the Finnish games industry
Supercell Speaks
Supercell CEO Ilkka Paananen talks AI, Brawl Stars, middle management fears and why startups should "go crazy" with fresh ideas
Paananen speaks with a16z speedrun to give advice and talk Supercell history
Supercell Strategy
Supercell: The old versus the new
"We believe that creating new games is an essential part of a games company," says Supercell CEO Ilkka Paananen
Games For Sale
Supercell in discussions to transfer Space Ape games to other studios
News follows 100% acquisition of London developer last year
Highs And Lows
How Brawl Stars became a mega hit and why Squad Busters didn’t
Supercell CEO Ilkka Paananen, Brawl Stars GM Frank Keienburg, and Squad Busters lead Eino Joas open up on the company's highs and lows
Record Revenue
Supercell hits record $3 billion in revenue in 2024
Finnish developer's live games garnered more than 300 million monthly active players globally
Culture Change
Supercell CEO Ilkka Paananen: “I was actually quite worried about the company”
"The problem was that we were trying to solve these two very different problems using exactly the same type of approach"
Fireside Chat
Full Slush 2024 transcript: Supercell CEO Ilkka Paananen on the Clash of Clans developer's evolving culture
Paananen goes in-depth on Supercell's evolution, touch choices, and changes to new and live game development
State Of Play
The state of Finland’s games market
We speak with Finnish developers and executives about the Finnish games industry's challenges and the 'survive to 2025' mantra
Ready For Launch
"Squad Busters is a love letter to Supercell IPs"
Supercell CEO Ilkka Paananen, Squad Busters game lead Eino Joas and marketing head Rob Lowe discuss the game's origins and why it's heading for a global launch on May 29th
Here We Go
Supercell's Squad Busters launches globally on May 29th
Multiplayer squad-building action game will become the company’s sixth global launch and first in over five years
Passing The Test
Supercell reveal Spark, applying science and psychology to build better teams and games
Taking game making to the next level, Supercell’s new internal system for getting ideas greenlit is sure to raise a few eyebrows…
Future Plans
Supercell reveals year-on-year declines in revenue and EBITDA but promises "big and bold changes"
All the talk this morning at Supercell's financial reveal was about restructure, more trust and less distraction
Live And Direct
Supercell CEO Ilkka Paananen's annual blog for 2024: "Something absolutely had to change"
Taking to the stage this morning Paananen revealed the company's financials and spelt out his annual state of play
Supercharged
How Supercell is transforming for its next chapter
Supercell is modernising its culture. Will it lead to bloat or will the famous Finnish developer truly expand?
Cross-platform Royale
Supercell takes Clash of Clans and Clash Royale cross-platform with PC releases today
Two of mobile’s biggest billion-dollar blockbusters can now be played across devices
Building An Empire
Mo' ATT, mo' problems: Why Supercell’s next hit must overcome Apple’s privacy assault
Is the developer’s next blockbuster being stymied by Apple’s App Tracking Transparency rules?
Company Culture
Supercell CEO lays out “the defining challenge” for mobile gaming
Ilkka Paananen explains Supercell’s philosophy and keys to success in his annual blog post
Ten Years Of Clash Of Clans
Ilkka Paananen: We haven’t seen an opportunity for NFTs to truly, truly make the experience better
The Supercell CEO spoke to Fast Company about development, longevity, and NFT’s
A History Of Success
Supercell and King share war stories from the decade of Clash of Clans and Candy Crush
Ilkka Paananen and Sebastian Knutsson discuss their divergent paths, early days of Facebook Gaming, and Apple's hold on a title's success
Hard Questions At Supercell
Supercell's 45% revenue increase in 2021 follows staff burnout
2021 revenue reached $2.24 billion, and a message about sustainable working from Supercell CEO
Big Social Beasts
New social gaming platform Noice raises $5 million from Supercell, Unity and Remedy founders
Come on feel the...
Small Beautiful
Supercell: Why it’s not about the money
We just wanna make the world play
Had Its Hay Day?
Supercell revenues fall for third consecutive year to $1.56 billion in 2019
Profits fell to $577 million too
Well Earned
Supercell co-founders top Finland’s highest-earners list
Ilkka Paananen and Mikko Kodisoja top
Crossing The Border
Supercell CEO Ilkka Paananen slams increasing delays for Finnish work permits
"This is a catastrophe that is seen every day at Supercell"
Mr. Worldwide
Pre-registrations open for Supercell’s Brawl Stars in China
No official release date given
Keep Calm And Carry On
After generating $1 billion-plus from each of its first four games, Supercell’s falling revenue is kind of the point
2019 could see the company experience explosive growth again
New Clan
Supercell staffing up China game development studio
CEO Ilkka Paananen discusses his evolving vision for the company
Financials
Supercell revenue drops again to $1.6 billion for 2018
But Brawl Stars performance signals better times ahead
Star Launch
Brawl Stars: “We at Supercell have never prepared more for a game launch”
Brawl Stars releases globally on December 12th
Super Cells
Supercell’s Ilkka Paananen explains why its cell structure puts developers before management
“The less the management had to do with their games, the better their chances of success”
Be Careful What You Wish For
The madness and method of Supercell’s M&A philosophy
A double-edged sword
Cash Royale
Supercell invests $5 million in US mobile developer Redemption Games
Deal marks first M&A activity outside of Europe
Price Versus Value
The irony of Supercell’s 2017 financials
What goes up?
Big Numbers
The huge stats behind Supercell’s explosive success
Ilkka Paananen shares some impressive figures
Equal Opportunities
15-year old becomes Supercell CEO for a day as part of #GirlsTakeover campaign
Ilkka Paananen steps aside as part of scheme to promote equal opportunities across the world
Top 50 Out Now
Supercell crowned the world’s top mobile games company in PocketGamer.biz Top 50 Developer list
Full list now available
Education Funds
Supercell grants over $280,000 to Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture
Studio wants to turn Finland into a "Hollywood for gaming"
First Brawl
Supercell soft-launches Brawl Stars in Canada App Store
Global release depends on soft launch success
Super Startups
Why Supercell built a company of startups, and how it works
Ilkka Paananen shares his philosophy for mobile games development, and why it might not work for everyone
Supercell Acquisitions
Supercell's Ilkka Paananen says "it's no secret" that the studio is looking at further acquisitions
Also talks about how Pokemon affected sales
Cash Royale
Supercell’s Clash Royale grosses $1 billion in less than a year
Finnish studio's latest hasn't left US App Store top 10 grossing rankings since September 2016
Supercell Financials 2016
Supercell sees revenues grow to $2.3 billion in 2016 thanks to success of Clash Royale
Earnings also increase around 8%
Roviocon 2017
Rovio to host talks and panels from industry legends at second RovioCon in Helsinki on April 20th
Followed by jazz and jolly conversation
Super Frog
Supercell acquires 51% of Badland developer Frogmind as the two studios enter a long-term partnership
Frogmind to remain completely independent
Ilkka Paananen Interview
Supercell CEO Ilkka Paananen talks company culture, expansion plans and eSports
Digging deep after the BAFTA Games Lecture
Supercell Expansion?
Supercell weighing up investments in other developers and opening new studios
CEO Ilkka Paananen expands on his previous hints
Beyond Helsinki
Supercell looking at ways to bring its company culture to "teams in other locations"
Ilkka Paananen thinks big on company culture