The gaming industry in Iceland is expanding. On the back of the compelling success of CCP, new startup companies are now emerging. This site is an attempt to gather information, news and share knowledge within the Icelandic community.

Game development companies:

Betware

Betware’s current game portfolio consists of more than 100 games. 35 games are developed by Betware (most of the instant games are licensed to our customers by a 3rd party), 32 Ingenio games and 44 Certus multiplayer games.
Betware has a large portfolio of games ranging in several categories.

CCP

CCP was founded in the summer of 1997 with the goal of becoming a leading massively multiplayer game company. With the launch of EVE Online in May 2003, CCP has established itself as one of the leading companies in the field, winning numerous awards and receiving critical acclaim worldwide.

Clara

CLARA is the leader in community analytics for the gaming industry. They provide their customers with a complete community management platform that gives them a unique insight into their community and arm them with powerful analytical and reporting tools.

Fancy Pants Global

Fancy Pants Global is a collection of diverse talent with fancy pants and awesome ideas. Our goal is to make quality games and apps for the mobile market and then to expand them to other platforms.

Fort North

GOGOGIC

Gogogic is an Independent Game Company. Full of big ideas and bigger dreams. Their focus is on Casual Games - games that are meant to be simple, yet rewarding. Gogogic are nominated for the Nordic Game Awards for their iPhone game symbol6.

MindGames

MindGames designs and creates brainwave-controlled apps and games for personal usage and business solutions.

Plain Vanilla

Plain Vanilla was founded with the vision to design beautiful looking and user-centered games for mobile platforms. This design emphasis for beauty and intuitiveness is the core value of Plain Vanilla and is reflected in all steps of the development. For more information about Plain Vanilla please visit their website.

Ymir

Ymir Mobile ehf is an Icelandic software company founded in 2008. The company specializes in the creation of software for all types of mobile phones and handheld devices. Ymir is working on a couple of exciting iPhone titles.

Support Network:

CADIA

The First Artificial Intelligence Laboratory in Iceland is working on ground breaking research with CCP to develop new methods to create believable human behavior in animated characters for massively multiplayer games.