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Thunderful Gothenberg has rebranded as Stormteller Games

Thunderful Gothenberg has rebranded as Stormteller Games

Sweden's Thunderful Gothenberg has rebranded as Stormteller Games. 

GamesBeat reports that this shift in name represents a new chapter in the developer's lifecycle. The first title to come out under the Stormteller branding is Lost in Random: The Eternal Die.  

“One thing we’ve done that has been quite great over the past year - and it’s basically taken a year to get to this point - is that we involved everybody, to make sure it represents everyone in the studio," said studio head Johan Petersson (pictured). 

"We started back last spring, just brainstorming with everybody who wanted to be part of this. And it was clear pretty early that they wanted to tie it back to Gothenburg.

“Our approach now is we try to take the best parts of both studios as we move forward. One of the things I’ve always been really adamant about is making sure we have a sustainable approach to making games, so making sure we don’t end up with crunch in the end… We also approach games gameplay first, so kind of iterating until we find the fun in the games we’re making."

Thunderful Gothenberg was the result of a 2017 merger of Image and Form and Zoink! Games. 


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