{"id":3562,"date":"2017-03-02T09:04:14","date_gmt":"2017-03-02T16:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/habbo-hotel-founder-creates-small-giant-games-and-releases-empires-puzzles\/"},"modified":"2017-03-02T09:04:14","modified_gmt":"2017-03-02T16:04:14","slug":"habbo-hotel-founder-creates-small-giant-games-and-releases-empires-puzzles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/habbo-hotel-founder-creates-small-giant-games-and-releases-empires-puzzles\/","title":{"rendered":"Habbo Hotel founder creates Small Giant Games and releases Empires & Puzzles"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Small Giant Games<\/a>\u00a0is a new Finnish game startup, and today it is releasing its first game, Empires & Puzzles: RPG Quest.<\/p>\n

The title from the Helsinki company is an online role-playing game that is designed to be accessible to a wide audience. It comes from a startup formed\u00a0by the creators of Habbo Hotel.<\/p>\n

The social-mobile game is launching on both iOS<\/a> and\u00a0Android<\/a> mobile devices. Empires & Puzzles is designed from the ground up to offer the most\u00a0rewarding puzzle RPG experience yet seen on mobile devices, the company said.<\/p>\n

Players\u00a0new to the genre can start by battling their way through an epic story, one puzzle at a\u00a0time. More experienced players can engage in fast-paced online battles and cooperative Titan battles.<\/p>\n

All battles and quests provide the player\u00a0with resources that can be used to build and upgrade a\u00a0mighty mountaintop fortress. The game features\u00a0gorgeous art and hundreds of heroes to collect and upgrade.<\/p>\n

Timo Soininen, the CEO at Small Giant\u00a0Games, said in a statement, \u201cWe started with a clear vision that we want to create something that\u2019s\u00a0super easy to pick up and play, but that also surprises the players with unforeseen\u00a0depth and a fresh take on familiar elements. We\u2019re already seeing strong indications\u00a0that we succeeded in this goal and are extremely excited to continue the journey with\u00a0our community. The game turned out even better than we hoped for \u2013 we\u2019ve already\u00a0seen how the game really thrills many kinds of players.\u201d<\/p>\n

Empires & Puzzles is a combination of match-3 battling with a tactical twist, base-building, and hero-collecting. Players can match the shields on the battlefield to send\u00a0forth their troops. Each hero\u00a0has their own powerful special attacks that play a\u00a0key role in winning the battles. Players can also participate in player-versus-player\u00a0battles or create alliances with other players in a co-op gameplay mode.<\/p>\n

Small Giant Games\u00a0has 13 employees, including those who previously worked at Habbo\u2019s maker, Sulake, and Remedy Entertainment, two of Finland\u2019s oldest game companies.<\/p>\n

Soininen previously built Sulake and Habbo Hotel from a tiny startup to a large-scale international company with 300 employees and 350 million downloads.<\/p>\n

He is joined by chief product officer Otto Nieminen, formerly of Sulake; Markus Halttunen, the chief technology officer and a seasoned online multiplayer game veteran; Ilkka-Kristian Juopperi and Tommi Vallisto, two seasoned graphic designers; and senior game designer Tim L\u00f6nnqvist.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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