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Mundfish

Mundfish Studio is an independent video game developer founded in 2017 and headquartered in Cyprus.[1] Its action shooter game Atomic Heart, which was released in 2023 and warmly received by players and media.[2]

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Mundfish has development teams in Cyprus, the United Arab Emirates, and Armenia.[3][4][5]

History edit

Mundfish Studio was founded by Robert Bagratuni (CEO) and Evgenia Sedova (CFO) in 2017. Later they were joined by artist Artem 'Artep' Galeev, as the studio's art director, and Oleg Gorodishenin as the studio's producer.[6][7]

The development team initially began working on the virtual reality game Soviet Lunapark. However, they halted development and removed the game from availability in late 2018 to concentrate their efforts on another project, Atomic Heart.[8]

The studio started to develop Atomic Heart originally as a VR game with a very small team. The concept of the game world, which Artem 'Artep' Galeev came up with many years ago, eventually seemed so ambitious to the team that they began to consider the possibility of increasing the scale of the project.[9][10][11] Later in production, the studio pivoted to a AAA-scale multi-platform game and eventually expanded its team to 130+ people by Atomic Heart's global release.[12][13][14] The team operated remotely during the pandemic and continues to be distributed across the globe, with main teams in Paphos, Yerevan and Abu Dhabi.[15]

Mundfish was featured as a winner in the third edition of Deloitte Technology Fast 50 in the Middle East and Cyprus regions, in the rising star category.[16][17]

References edit

  1. ^ "Cyprus-based company's video game up for BAFTA Games Award". Cyprus-based company’s video game up for BAFTA Games Award. Retrieved 2024-05-22.
  2. ^ "Atomic Heart critic reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 2024-05-06.
  3. ^ bot, Telegram (2023-03-21). "Mundfish management wants the studio to start working on games around the clock". app2top.com (in Russian). Retrieved 2024-05-22.
  4. ^ "Քերոբյանն այցելել է Mundfish միջազգային ստուդիայի Հայաստանյան գրասենյակ". Ejc.am (in Armenian). 2023-03-25. Retrieved 2024-05-22.
  5. ^ "Վահան Քերոբյանը կարևորել է Mundfish-ի գործունեությունը ՀՀ-ում, տպավորված է իրականացված աշխատանքով" [Vahan Kerobyan emphasized Mundfish's activities in the AFRA, impressed by the work done]. www.24news.am (in Armenian). 2023-03-25. Retrieved 2024-05-22.
  6. ^ "Artyom Galeev | Director, Writer, Editor". IMDb. Retrieved 2024-05-06.
  7. ^ "Олег Городишенин". Forbes.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2024-05-06.
  8. ^ Feltham, Jamie (2018-12-17). "Soviet Lunapark VR Cancelled As Dev Doubles Down On Atomic Heart". UploadVR. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
  9. ^ "Mundfish launches hit game Atomic Heart's second "Trapped in Limbo" DLC (video)". Mundfish launches hit game Atomic Heart’s second "Trapped in Limbo" DLC (video). Retrieved 2024-05-22.
  10. ^ "『アトミックハート』DLC第2弾のヒミツを開発者に直撃。「誰もが見慣れているFPSのシステムから意図的に離れて、あえて実験的な試みを行った」" [We spoke to the developer of "Atomic Heart" to find out the secrets behind the second DLC. "We intentionally moved away from the FPS system that everyone is familiar with and made an experimental attempt."]. Famitsu (in Japanese). February 14, 2024. Retrieved 2024-05-22.
  11. ^ Bergin, Lauren (February 19, 2024). "Atomic Heart's new DLC is a pastel "GPT" world, where you're furry". PCGamesN. Retrieved 2024-05-06.
  12. ^ Bagratuni, Robert (2023-01-24). "We Interview: Robert Bagratuni, Game Director for Atomic Heart". Gamingtrend (Interview). Interviewed by David Burdette. Retrieved 2024-05-06.
  13. ^ "Gold Magazine". www.magloft.com. Retrieved 2024-05-06.
  14. ^ Horti, Samuel; Prescott, Shaun (2022-11-01). "Everything we know about Atomic Heart". PC Gamer. Retrieved 2024-05-06.
  15. ^ Palumbo, Alessio (2023-01-02). "Atomic Heart Final Q&A Part I - Mundfish Head Talks About DLCs, Delays, and Team Geographical Distribution". Wccftech. Retrieved 2024-05-06.
  16. ^ "Deloitte Technology Fast 50 3rd Edition results". Deloitte. Retrieved 2024-05-06.
  17. ^ "Fifteen Cypriot companies on Deloitte Fast 50's 'Rising Star' list". Accountants in Cyprus. 2024-04-24. Retrieved 2024-05-06.
 

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