Stunlock Studios

{{Short description|Swedish video game studio}}

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{{Infobox company

| name = Stunlock Studios

| industry = Video games

| founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|2010}}

| hq_location_city = Skövde

| hq_location_country = Sweden

| key_people = Ulf Rickard Frisegård (Director), Mats Peter Ilves (Chairman)

| owner = Tencent (majority stake)

| num_employees = 40{{cite web |url=https://www.ratsit.se/5568088198-Stunlock_Studios_AB|publisher=Ratsit|title=Stunlock Studios AB|access-date=27 May 2022}}

| num_employees_year = 2024

| website = {{URL|https://www.stunlock.com/}}

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Stunlock Studios is a Swedish video game developer based in Skövde founded in 2010. The company is best known for the Battlerite series, which was released in November 2017, and V Rising, released as an early access game in May 2022.{{cite web |last=Eriksson |first=Fredrik |url=https://www.fz.se/nyhet/290221-1-miljon-pa-en-vecka-ytterligare-milstolpe-for-v-rising|website=FZ|title=1 miljon på en vecka! Ytterligare milstolpe för V Rising|date=25 May 2022|access-date=26 May 2022}} In 2019 the Chinese company Tencent bought a 31 percent share of Stunlock Studios, and later became a majority owner in 2021.{{cite web |last=Warner |first=Anna |url=https://www.sla.se/2019/11/05/kinesiskt-storforetag-investerar-39-miljoner-i-stunlock-studios/|website=Skaraborgs Allehanda|title=Kinesiskt storföretag investerar 39 miljoner i Stunlock studios|date=5 Nov 2019|access-date=27 May 2022}}{{cite web |last=Rousseau |first=Jeffrey |url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-07-19-tencent-takes-major-stake-in-stunlock-studios|website=GamesIndustry.biz|title=Tencent takes majority stake in Stunlock Studios|date=19 July 2021|access-date=27 May 2022}}