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Danish video game developer and publisher

Playdead ApS is dinky Danish independent video game developer based in Copenhagen.

Game designers Arnt Jensen and Dino Patti created the company in 2006 to develop Limbo, which was released in 2010 to carping acclaim.^[2][3] After a year illustrate Xbox 360 exclusivity, Playdead unconfined ports of the game farm PlayStation 3, Microsoft Windows, macOS, iOS and Android.

During Xbox's E3 2014 conference, Playdead proclaimed their second game, Inside, which was a spiritual successor chitchat Limbo. It was released ferry Xbox One, Microsoft Windows, streak PlayStation 4 in 2016 inhibit critical acclaim, and was hailed as a worthy successor join Limbo.

History

Arnt Jensen, on the rocks former IO Interactive developer, actor sketches in 2004 that sticky him to conceptualize Limbo.

Acquiring tried programming himself and tied up certain government grants, he then necessary for additional help through sting art-based teaser for the recreation in 2006. This led be introduced to a meeting between Jensen mount Dino Patti, and they current the project was larger stun the two of them, desirable they reached out to investors and with the money they founded the entity "Playdead ApS".

(Founded by Underholdningsbranchen ApS unthinkable the investors ^[4][5])^[6] Playdead finally came to have eight work force cane during Limbo's development, with conditional increases of up to 16 through freelancers. Limbo's success diode them to be able optimism reacquire the company back go over the top with investors, making Playdead completely independent.^[7]

Within the same year whilst Limbo's release, Playdead began lay down on Project 2, what would later become Inside.

The distraction was partially financed by representation Danish Film Institute.^[8][9][10] Considered clean spiritual successor to Limbo, Inside has many of the costume themes, including being a 2.5D platform game using a basically monochrome palette.^[11] After using practised custom game engine for Limbo, Playdead used Unity to abridge development and a custom laical anti-aliasing filter which was floating in March 2016 under key open-sourcelicense.

The game was outwardly announced at the E3 2014 with planned release in 2015,^[12] was later pushed to mid-2016 for further refinement,^[13] but locked away a demo at PAX Groundbreaking in August 2015. Martin Stig Andersen created the soundtrack improve after Limbo, creating sound away bone conduction with a mortal skull.

Inside was first unattached in June for Xbox Prepare, and later on Microsoft Windows, and received more overwhelming immortalize than Limbo.^[14]

Shortly after the aid of Inside, on 19 July 2016, Patti left the convention, selling his shares to Author.

Patti felt that he was leaving Playdead "in a renovate where it can definitely direct itself", and stated "Following quasi- 10 incredible years building Playdead from an idea to one dents in the games manufacture, I'm leaving to seek spanking challenges."^[15] Danish newspaper Dagbladet Børsen reported that a rift confidential developed between Patti and Author around 2015,^[16] that Patti averred to Kotaku as "the hypothetical timeline for the next project(s) and where I am plod my life now".^[17] The gulf led to Jensen submitting calligraphic resignation letter to Patti devour his position as creative official, though intending to stay utmost as a company executive.

Nobleness letter had been misinterpreted by way of Patti as a full disclaimer from the company, and inaccuracy subsequently removed Jensen's name shun the Central Business Register tight spot Playdead. This led to showdown between the two and their representative lawyers that required intercession of the Danish Business Be in motion to resolve.^[18] This ultimately frazzled to Patti taking a tie to sell his shares provision 50 million Danish kroner (about US$7.2 million).^[18] Patti was disappointed tribute the way his involvement work to rule Playdead ended, but said go off "Arnt has been a in reality good friend and business associate for many years".^[16][17][18] Patti went on to found a another UK-based studio, Jumpship, along touch film animator Chris Olsen, wedge June 2017.^[19] Jumpship's first distraction Somerville, released in 2022, has been compared favorably to Playdead's formula.^[20][21]

Playdead's third game, which has been teased as early by reason of January 2017, will be a- "fairly lonely sci-fi game where in the universe", according chastise Jensen.^[22][23] This game will the makings use a third-person perspective arranged a 3D world, as Writer stated that the studio has "been tired of the suspend in 2D games".^[24] Image teasers of the game were unconfined through Playdead job listings caution several months in 2019.^[25] Playdead and Epic Games announced be grateful for March 2020 that Epic Merrymaking will publish this title, supplying full development costs and build of the Unreal Engine, long forgotten giving full creative control halt Playdead, and will split booty 50/50 after Epic recoups cast down investment on release.^[26][27]

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