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
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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
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
Bafta Games Lecture
Supercell CEO Ilkka Paananen to give BAFTA lecture on 5 September
Talking about company culture
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
Measured Ambition
We invest in culture not games, says Supercell investor Index Ventures
Longterm focus
Take Over
A history of Finland's mobile games industry: The rise of Rovio and Supercell
App stores open the door
Next Step
A history of Finland's mobile games industry: From demoscene to Riot-E
Growing pains
50% better: Supercell becomes a three-game-company as 'risky' Boom Beach launches in March
But no games coming to Windows Phone