Valheim’s dev team to expand following the game’s explosive success
Valheim’s future looks bright.
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In aninterview, members of the team behind the viking-themed survival gameValheimhave confirmed that following the game’sincredible milestone of reaching three million sales in just a few weeks, the five-man team at Iron Gate Studio has decided to expand so that it can meet the demands of such a large player base.
“We will hire some people, absolutely,” said Iron Gate co-founder Henrik Törnqvist. “We are currently starting up that process. Yeah, there will be more people to handle everything, because we have reached our limit by now of everything we can do.”
Additionally, both Törnqvist and Sebastian Eriksson of Coffee Stain Publishing (Valheim’s publisher) discussed the impact of the game’s sudden fame.
We had a feeling that it would sell pretty well, at least to sustain us, you know. But it being a million seller, and now two million seller, is something we could never have guessed," said Törnqvist. “It’s quite incredible, and very humbling also, I might add.”
“I can echo that from Coffee Stain’s perspective,” said Eriksson. “We were also fairly optimistic, or I would say very optimistic, in terms of how the game would perform. But this is above and beyond all of our wildest imaginations.
Overall, it’s awesome to see Valheim do so well, and we can’t wait to see how an expanded development team can help make the game even better. If you’re on the fence about checking the game out yourself, I highly recommend you do so, as it’s easily one of thebest survival games for PCand an absolute steal at its $20 Early Access price. If you do decide to pick the game up, don’t miss ourbeginner’s guide to your first days and beyondin Valheim.
Norse-themed survival FTW
Valheim is a challenging yet incredibly fun survival game set in a world heavily inspired by Norse mythology. Build, craft, scavenge, and hunt your way to success.
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Brendan Lowry is a Windows Central writer and Oakland University graduate with a burning passion for video games, of which he’s been an avid fan since childhood. He’s been writing for Team WC since the summer of 2017, and you’ll find him doing news, editorials, reviews, and general coverage on everything gaming, Xbox, and Windows PC. His favorite game of all time is probably NieR: Automata, though Elden Ring, Fallout: New Vegas, and Team Fortress 2 are in the running, too. When he’s not writing or gaming, there’s a good chance he’s either watching an interesting new movie or TV show or actually going outside for once.Follow him on X(Twitter).
