Arctic7

Arctic7
Industry	Video games
Founded	February 16, 2022; 2 years ago in Austin, Texas
Founders	Igor Efremov; Mark Rizzo; Alan Van Slyke;
Website	www.arctic7.com

Short description: Video game developer

Arctic7 is a video game developer based in Austin, Texas . It was founded by a trio of former EA developers Igor Efremov, Mark Rizzo, Alan Van Slyke.

History

On February 16, 2022, it was announced that Igor Efremov, Mark Rizzo, and Alan Van Slyke; a trio of former EA developers had left to form their own studio Arctic7. The headquarters to be located in Austin Texas.^[1] A month later, Arctic had secured a $2 million seed round of investment led by VC firm Grishin Robotics to fund the AAA vision.^[2] The company then opened a new development studio in Montenegro in June 2022. Choosing former Sperasoft production director, Kedhrin Gonzalez to be the new studio head.^[3]

In March 2023, The company appointed John Burns as chief commercial officer and Felix Jorge as chief communication officer.^[4] Later that month it had acquired two studios; Star Fort Games and Narwhal Studios with the aim to expand business operations in gaming and into media production.^[5]^[6] Few months later in August, the company announced another studio opening this time in Barcelona, Spain.^[7]^[8]

Active studios

Name	Location	Founded	Acquired	Notes
Arctic7 'Austin'	Austin, Texas	Feb. 2022	—	Handles localization and quality assurance
Arctic7 'Montenegro'	Montenegro	June 2022	—	Led by Kedhrin Gonzalez
Narwhal Studios	Los Angeles, California	—	Mar. 2023	Virtual Production studio
Star Fort Games	Ottawa, Canada	—	Mar. 2023	Developer of mobiles games, Star Envoy and WordMeetsTee
Arctic7 'Barcelona'	Barcelona, Spain	Aug. 2023	—

Games developed


Year	Title	Platform(s)
TBA	Untitled AAA game	TBA

References

↑ Rousseau, Jeffrey (February 17, 2022). "EA veterans form Arctic7 studio". https://www.gamesindustry.biz/ea-veterans-form-arctic7-studio.
↑ Gardner, Matt. "EA, Sony, Microsoft Alumni Raise $2 Million For New RPG Studio Arctic7". https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattgardner1/2022/03/24/ea-sony-microsoft-alumni-raise-2-million-for-new-rpg-studio-arctic7/.
↑ "Arctic7 opens new development studio in Montenegro led by former Sperasoft production director". June 15, 2022. https://gameworldobserver.com/2022/06/15/arctic7-opens-new-development-studio-in-montenegro-led-by-former-sperasoft-production-director.
↑ Rousseau, Jeffrey (March 3, 2023). "Jobs Roundup: March 2023 | Diablo co-creator Erich Schaefer joins Moon Productions". https://www.gamesindustry.biz/jobs-roundup-diablo-co-creator-erich-schaefer-joins-moon-productions.
↑ Rousseau, Jeffrey (March 20, 2023). "Arctic7 expands with two new acquisitions". https://www.gamesindustry.biz/arctic7-expands-with-two-new-acquisitions.
↑ "Arctic7 Expands into Virtual Production with Narwhal Studios Acquisition". March 23, 2023. https://www.tvtechnology.com/news/arctic7-expands-into-virtual-production-with-narwhal-studios-acquisition.
↑ "Arctic7 to open Barcelona office in 2024" (in en). 2023-08-31. https://www.gamesindustry.biz/arctic7-to-open-barcelona-office-in-2024.
↑ "Arctic7 opening new Barcelona studio to help build mystery franchise" (in en). https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/arctic7-opening-new-barcelona-studio-to-help-build-mystery-franchise.

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[1] Rousseau, Jeffrey (February 17, 2022). "EA veterans form Arctic7 studio". https://www.gamesindustry.biz/ea-veterans-form-arctic7-studio.

[2] Gardner, Matt. "EA, Sony, Microsoft Alumni Raise $2 Million For New RPG Studio Arctic7". https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattgardner1/2022/03/24/ea-sony-microsoft-alumni-raise-2-million-for-new-rpg-studio-arctic7/.

[3] "Arctic7 opens new development studio in Montenegro led by former Sperasoft production director". June 15, 2022. https://gameworldobserver.com/2022/06/15/arctic7-opens-new-development-studio-in-montenegro-led-by-former-sperasoft-production-director.

[4] Rousseau, Jeffrey (March 3, 2023). "Jobs Roundup: March 2023 | Diablo co-creator Erich Schaefer joins Moon Productions". https://www.gamesindustry.biz/jobs-roundup-diablo-co-creator-erich-schaefer-joins-moon-productions.

[5] Rousseau, Jeffrey (March 20, 2023). "Arctic7 expands with two new acquisitions". https://www.gamesindustry.biz/arctic7-expands-with-two-new-acquisitions.

[6] "Arctic7 Expands into Virtual Production with Narwhal Studios Acquisition". March 23, 2023. https://www.tvtechnology.com/news/arctic7-expands-into-virtual-production-with-narwhal-studios-acquisition.

[7] "Arctic7 to open Barcelona office in 2024" (in en). 2023-08-31. https://www.gamesindustry.biz/arctic7-to-open-barcelona-office-in-2024.

[8] "Arctic7 opening new Barcelona studio to help build mystery franchise" (in en). https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/arctic7-opening-new-barcelona-studio-to-help-build-mystery-franchise.