Why ownership is essential to foster growth

We’ve come a long way since Goodgame Studios was founded just about 6 years ago, catering to millions of people all over the world with our games made, created, and maintained by our more than 1200 employees. Each one of them contributes to this success. To enable everyone to make use of their talent, we believe that it is important to offer everyone creative freedom and opportunities to take ownership of tasks and projects. Read more

Why women are vital to the gaming industry

These days, more and more women are choosing a career in the gaming industry.  Compared to industry standards, Goodgame Studios stands at the forefront of equality with a workforce that’s a good 30% female. Since we focus on data and facts when making decisions, it’s only logical that we try to remain as objective as possible when selecting our talented employees. Software developers like Anika prove that it’s been a long time since the gaming industry and software development were a man’s world. As a member of our recently announced 4th Floor studio, she uses Unreal Engine to work on Goodgame Studios’ first client-based title for PC. Read more

GOOD Studios – The 4th Floor is Goodgame Studios’ PC client initiative

Goodgame Studios is known for successful browser and mobile games. But now, for the first time and with the debut of the 4th Floor studio, we introduce our own dedicated and specialized development team focused on PC client games. With a major investment in experience, talent, skills, and technology, this studio has geared up to deliver our first online action RPG, built on Unreal Engine 4. Read more

GOOD Teams: For Technical Integration, It’s All About Automation

Whoever thinks that development teams are a boring bunch with a dry job has not yet met our Technical Integration Team. In their own words, they are “the most fun team at Goodgame Studios” and, judging from the meeting that brought about this blog post, this is tough to argue against. When asked to explain what it is they do by someone without any programming knowledge or talent (i.e. me), they come up with all sorts of metaphors and images, such as putting up a series of advertisement posters where they provide the glue. Read more