Chief Marketing Officer @ Funcom. Marketing, Brand, PR, Sales, and Publishing. Gaming industry professional with 18 years of experience.
Oslo, Norway
Joined March 2009
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2 weeks and 1 million players. It's our fastest-selling game ever. It took Conan Exiles (our first survival game and a massive hit that is very dear to us) a year to reach this number. From development to marketing, our teams here at Funcom have proven they are truly world-class.
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Survive the brutal desert of Arrakis. Expand your reach with ground and air vehicles. Control the production of spice at all costs.
#DuneAwakening is coming to PC Early 2025. Wishlist on Steam: bit.ly/DA-Steam-Wishlist
We dropped a new gameplay trailer at #Gamescom ONL! Coming to PC early 2025.
Survive the brutal desert of Arrakis. Expand your reach with ground and air vehicles. Control the production of spice at all costs.
#DuneAwakening is coming to PC Early 2025. Wishlist on Steam: bit.ly/DA-Steam-Wishlist
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Spice is power and @DuneAwakening showed an incredible gameplay trailer at #OpeningNightLive.💪
Arrakis looks incredible and unforgivingly beautiful.
Who of you can't wait to explore the desert?🤔
Age of Heroes coming to #ConanExiles in October!
From the ashes of war a new age is born. The Age of Heroes is arriving to the Exiled Lands in October! #AgeofHeroes
🫂 Meet two new fully voiced companions
🏘️ Livelier thralls with living settlements
🪙 New items in the Bazaar
Read our blog for more: bit.ly/CEAgeofHeroes
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Are you ready to conquer Arrakis? Join us at #gamescom2024 for the world premiere of @DuneAwakening's extended gameplay!
Don't miss your chance to explore and survive the desert planet. Grab your Fremkit swag and and come face-to-face with a legendary sandworm 🏜️🎮
See you in Hall 6 🎉
#DuneAwakening
#DuneAwakening going big at #Gamescom next week!
We're going big at #Gamescom with tons of activities, swag giveaways, a massive sandworm and more!
Check out our blog for a comprehensive rundown.
📰 duneawakening.com/en/dune-aw…
#MetalHellsinger VR coming soon to Meta Quest 2/3, PSVR2, and Steam.
Metal: Hellsinger VR is coming to Meta on September 26 and PSVR2 and Steam on October 3! 🤘
Pre-order on Meta and PSVR2 to get the Dream of the Beast DLC for free: metalhellsinger.com/
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Hold the fires of heaven and hell in your very hands. Make them fear the beat. 🔥🤘
Pre-order Metal: Hellsinger VR now on Meta and PlayStation platforms to get the Dream of the Beast DLC included, with two additional songs, a weapon, and three outfits with alternate passive effects. 😈
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DUNE AWAKENING is coming to @gamescom Opening Night Live on Tuesday, August 20.
Tune in for an extended look at the gameplay.
The show streams at 11a PT / 2p ET / 8p CEST at openingnightlive.com
@DuneAwakening #DuneAwakening
We're bringing #DuneAwakening to #Gamescom2024 and IT WILL BE BIG. Like, Shai-Hulud big. Gameplay flowing like spice.
Let the Spice guide you on your journey...to the doors of @gamescom!
🎮 World premiere of gameplay at ONL
📺 Gameplay presentations at the booth
📸 Take photos with a massive Shai-Hulud
🛍️ Take home Fremkit gift bags with exclusive swag
We'll be sharing more soon! Stay tuned.
We’ve got more Dux and Bormin coming up!
Our friends at Heroic Signatures are making a movie based on our game, @MYZRoadToEden! An animated film is in the works featuring Dolph Lundgren and Ian McElhinney. 🦆🐷
Read more: ign.com/articles/dolph-lundg…
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We talk with Creative Director Joel Bylos to understand how the rich source material of Dune has been transformed for @DuneAwakening. news.xbox.com/en-us/2024/07/…
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Hell is almost here. Metal: Hellsinger VR launches fall 2024!
Feel the beat in your bones right now with our Demo on Steam! 🤘
store.steampowered.com/app/2…
Today, #AnarchyOnline is 23 years old. 🎂 Funcom’s pioneer sci-fi MMORPG released on this day back in 2001.
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going to Twitchcon Rotterdam this weekend representing @DuneAwakening!
if you're going too, let's say hi!
and if you're from the #FuncomCreators program, let's say HI EVEN LOUDER
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Dune: Awakening is threatening to turn me into a survival MMO guy after a lifetime as a devoted videogame hermit. trib.al/alUda99
Check out the second episode of #DuneAwakening Direct and learn more about character creation, the alternate history, what makes the game an MMO, and more
In case you missed our streams earlier, our Dune: Awakening Direct Episode 2 is up on our YouTube!
Watch to learn more about #DuneAwakening and your journey on Arrakis.
📺 youtu.be/sBRo-cotgkQ
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Joel Bylos, Creative Director on Dune: Awakening, explores what it means to call our game an MMO and shares more details about the server infrastructure in a new Dev Blog post: What makes Dune: Awakening an MMO?
Read it here:
📰bit.ly/DADevBlog3
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Meet Léa Talbot, Senior Narrative Designer, who will be talking about narrative and spirituality during our next #DuneAwakeningDirect on June 20th.
Tune in here: bit.ly/DA_Direct2