Nordic Game Awards 2017
Clash Royale leaves 2017 Nordic Game Awards empty-handed as Twofold Inc. and Clapper score big wins
Small titles pick up the big wins
Company Profile
Supercell
Website
supercell.com/en/
About
Supercell is a mobile game development company based in Helsinki, Finland.
Founded in May 2010, 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 four mobile games: Hay Day, Clash of Clans, Boom Beach, and Clash Royale, which are freemium games and have been extremely successful for the company, the first two generating revenue of $2.4 million a day in 2013.
Accel Partners invested $12 million in Supercell in 2011, and 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 $2.1 billion. 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.
In 2016, Supercell reported annual revenues of around €2.11 billion. In three years, the company's revenues have grown a total of 800 percent, from 78.4 million (2012).
In June 2016 Tencent announced a deal to acquire 84.3% of Supercell with USD 8.6 billion. Japan's SoftBank values Supercell at $10.2 billion.
In December, 2016 Supercell launched a web animated series Clash-A-Rama.
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President
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Accolades
Articles featuring Supercell
Time To Duel
Supercell kicks off year-long global Clash Royale Crown Championship
Promising $1 million in prizes throughout the first year
2017 Finnish Game Awards
Clash Royale picks up two Game of the Year accolades at 2017 Finnish Game Awards
Kopla Games scores a win as Best Rookie
Retention Royale
7 reasons why you can't stop playing Supercell's Clash Royale
Michail Katkoff analyses why the hit mobile game is so addictive
Nordic Games Awards 2017
Clash Royale picks up two Game of the Year nominations at Nordic Game Awards 2017
Bridgeside Interactive's Clapper picks up three nods
New Lands
Frogmind discusses life after Supercell’s majority acquisition
Moving from premium to free-to-play
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
Ship Comes In
Shipyard Games secures $2.9 million investment from Supercell to develop location-based game
Supercell continues to flash its cash
Baftas 2017
Pokemon GO and Clash Royale snag Best Mobile Game and Audience eSports Award at the 2017 BAFTAs
Multiplatform title That Dragon, Cancer also wins Game Innovation
Packing A Perfect Plan
Still a booming beach: Three years on, how Supercell nurtured its runt
Considering Boom Beach
Supercell Shop
Supercell opens online shop to sell official Clash of Clans merchandise in the US and Canada
Supercell Shop is open for business
Clash With Friends
Supercell shaking up Clash Royale's competitive scene with new 2v2 mode
Clan Battles could add a new dimension to tournaments
The Long View
Five years on, have the first billionaire F2P mobile games survived or thrived?
Checking out Puzzle & Dragons, Clash of Clans and Candy Crush Saga
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%
Clash Of Bans
Iran bans Clash of Clans over violence and "tribal conflict" concerns
Clash Royale seems to be unaffected
Cartoon Clash
Supercell's Clash-A-Rama! Youtube series surpasses 50 million views in two weeks
Drawing in over 10 million views an episode
Now Playing
Now playing: Rovio's Will Luton on Clash Royale
What games are keeping the industry busy after hours?
Final Clash
Clash Royale's inaugral North American championship finishes with the Crown Duel on December 17th
$15,000 and a trip to Helsinki up for grabs
Cash Royale
Chinese investors raise $850 million to fund Tencent's Supercell acquisition
Another big money deal to support Supercell purchase
Loan Royale
Report: Tencent taking $3.5 billion loan for Supercell deal
Chinese firm seeks bank support for big money deal
Leading The Pack
Supercell made up 80% of all Finnish game revenues in 2015, report claims
Powering Finland to Nordic dominance
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
Mobile Mavens
Would Supercell acquiring other studios be a good idea?
Our Mobile Mavens discuss Ilkka Paananen's hints
Beyond Helsinki
Supercell looking at ways to bring its company culture to "teams in other locations"
Ilkka Paananen thinks big on company culture
Alternate Timeline
Clash Royale based on a prototype developed before Clash of Clans
Would a 2012 Clash Royale have been a hit?
Learn From The Best
5 things we learned about Supercell from Ilkka Paananen's BAFTA Games lecture
The world's least powerful CEO in the spotlight
Clashcon Cancelled
ClashCon 2016 cancelled as Supercell focuses on improving its games instead
Possibly a lack of interest from the community
Slashed Royale
Clash Royale now making half the monthly revenue it was at launch
Not a huge surprise
July Ad Spend
MZ made up 40% of games industry US TV ad spend in July 2016
King, InnoGames also feature
Bafta Games Lecture
Supercell CEO Ilkka Paananen to give BAFTA lecture on 5 September
Talking about company culture
Clash China
Tencent starts distributing Clash Royale through China
Not that it wasn't already there
From The Top
Why the world's "least powerful CEO" has never been more powerful
Implications for company culture
Big Winner
Tencent deal sees Supercell-funded charitable foundation raise $225 million
Value of shares
More Players, More Taxes
Supercell CEO explains thinking behind "very long term" Tencent deal
Ilkka Paananen on his second strategic investor in as many years
Guessing Game
Combined Tencent-Supercell could have game sales of $13 billion in 2016
Newzoo turns over the envelope
Next Step
Ex-Fyber VP David Diaz joins Supercell as Media Buyer
Mobile ad expert jumps ship after more than 4 years at Fyber
Value Of Something
SoftBank and Tencent negotiations rumoured to value Supercell at $9 billion
So says the rumourmill
Nice Problem
Why is Clash Royale running out of steam?
Torulf Jernström on what's next for Supercell
Forced Marriage?
Would a Tencent acquisition of Supercell benefit it or the mobile game industry?
Mobile Mavens discuss a potential giant
Expanding The Niche
Supercell hiring a competitive gaming expert to establish Clash Royale as first mobile eSport
Write your own playbook
Tencell?
Tencent might be looking to buy SoftBank's stake in Supercell
The biggest to get bigger?
Super Sell
Supercell valued at $5 billion as SoftBank rumoured to be selling shares
Talks with buyers in China reportedly already happeneing
Cash Royale
Supercell on track to break $3 billion barrier in 2016
Out-performs Tom Clancy's The Division on consoles
Best Of The Best
Top 50 Mobile Game Developers of 2016
The shakers, movers and moneymakers
Kings Of Clash
Inaugural Clash Royale eSports tournament draws audience of millions online
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Sustainable Coexistence
Clash Royale on track for $1 billion-a-year success, and all without cannibalising Clash of Clans
Clash Royale the world's top grossing game