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Icelandic dev Porcelain Fortress raises $3 million in seed financing

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No Time At All to Relax designer Porcelain Fortress has actually raised $3 million in seed financing.

Per GamesIndustry, the Iceland-based studio is directing that cash towards its next (presently unannounced) job. The financing round was led by Behold Ventures, Crowberry Capital, and Brunnur.

Porcelain has actually broadened from 4 to 14 staff members as an outcome of the financing. Those brand-new hires consisted of the visit of CEO Ingolfur Aevarsson, who formerly worked as primary marketing director at 1939 Games.

In a news release, Aevarsson stated the studio has actually gotten “important assistance” from the Icelandic Technology Development Fund. “Without it our concepts would not have actually come to life,” he included.

What’s next for Porcelain Fortress?

Along with its financing news, Porcelain exposed No Time to Relax has actually “kept a big following” considering that its 2019 launch. The multiplayer parlor game has actually offered 350,000 copies and provided its highest-selling month because launch in July.

According to Aevarsson, that boom was driven by increasing interest from banners. The video game has actually collected “10s of countless views” online, and Porcelain stated keeping the interest of banners “is a core pillar we are constructing on with our upcoming title.”

He stated the efficiency of No Time to Relax programs the studio has a “tested performance history of developing enjoyable video games lined up with amazing and amusing streamable minutes that are so important in video game advancement today to break through to your audience.”

GamesIndustry keeps in mind the studio’s next title is anticipated to be exposed in the coming weeks.

About the Author

Contributing Editor, GameDeveloper.com

A Kansas City, MO native, Justin Carter has actually composed for various websites consisting of IGN, Polygon, and SyFy Wire. In addition to Game Developer, his writing can be discovered at io9 over on Gizmodo. Do not ask him about just how much gum he’s had, due to the fact that the response will be more than he’s prepared to confess.

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