Code Club AB
{{Short description|Swedish video game developer}}
{{Redirect|Mojang Specifications AB|the company formerly named "Mojang Specifications" and founded in 2009|Mojang Studios}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2019}}
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{{Notability|Companies|date=February 2017}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Code Club AB
| logo = Code Club AB.png
| former_name = {{Unbulleted list|Mojang Specifications AB|(2007)|Onetoofree AB|(2007–2011)}}
| type = Private
| industry = Video games
| founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|2007}}
| founders = {{Unbulleted list|Rolf Jansson|Markus Persson}}
| hq_location_city = Motala
| hq_location_country = Sweden
| key_people = Rolf Jansson (CEO)
| parent = Game Chest (2019–present)
| products = Wurm Online
| num_employees =
| num_employees_year =
| website = {{URL|http://codeclub.se/|codeclub.se}}
}}
Code Club AB is a Swedish video game developer based in Motala. The company was founded by Rolf Jansson and Markus Persson in 2007, and was formerly known as Mojang Specifications AB and Onetoofree AB. Code Club developed Wurm Online, a massively multiplayer online sandbox game, and its successor, Wurm Unlimited.
History
Code Club AB was founded as Mojang Specifications AB by Swedish video game designers Rolf Jansson and Markus Persson in 2007, as their game, Wurm Online, began to turn a profit.{{cite web |url=http://xsolla.com/blog/2015/04/22/interview-with-ceo-of-code-club-ab-developer-of-sandbox-mmo-wurm-online/ |title=Interview with CEO of Code Club AB: Developer of Sandbox MMO – Wurm Online |first=Ernest |last=Chung |date=22 April 2015 |website=Xsolla |archive-date=24 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180124124003/http://xsolla.com/blog/2015/04/22/interview-with-ceo-of-code-club-ab-developer-of-sandbox-mmo-wurm-online/ |url-status=dead}} Later in 2007, Markus Persson stepped out of the project and left the company. However, he wished to retain the "Mojang" name for himself, leading Jansson to rename the company Onetoofree AB. Jansson had issues explaining the name to others without having to spell it out, wherefore the company assumed a new name, Code Club AB, in October 2011.{{cite web |url=https://www.engadget.com/2011/10/12/wurm-onlines-studio-changes-its-moniker/ |title=Wurm Online's studio changes its moniker |first=Justin |last=Olivetti |date=12 October 2011 |website=Engadget |access-date=21 February 2017 |archive-date=22 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170222110124/https://www.engadget.com/2011/10/12/wurm-onlines-studio-changes-its-moniker/ |url-status=live}} On 8 July 2019, Stockholm-based Game Chest acquired 82.9% of Code Club for {{SEK|3.37 million}} ({{US$|335,000}}), of which {{SEK|1.5 million}} in cash and {{SEK|1.87 million}} in newly issued Game Chest shares.{{cite press release |url=https://gamechestgroup.com/investor-relations/press-release/19671 |title=Game Chest tillträder Code Club aktier |language=sv |trans-title=Game Chest acquires Code Club shares |publisher=Game Chest |date=8 July 2019}}{{cite web |url=https://nordic9.com/news/code-club-was-acquired-by-game-chest-for-355k-news1765138910/ |title=Code Club was acquired by Game Chest for $355k |first=Dragos |last=Novac |date=4 July 2019 |website=Nordic 9}}
Games developed
class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |
scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Platform(s) ! scope="col" | Publisher(s) |
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scope="row" | 2012
| Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows | Code Club AB |
scope="row" | 2015
| Wurm Unlimited | Linux, Microsoft Windows | Plug In Digital |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Official website|http://codeclub.se/}}
{{Markus Persson}}
Category:Swedish companies established in 2007