“If there would be a definition for ‘Game Guru’, Martin would be it. I had the pleasure of working with Martin for many years, while he was a Senior Partner at Nordisk Games. There are not many investors that understand games/IP, game development and certainly not studio culture and what is important for studio owners, once they decide to get a new partner on board. Martin on the contrary, with his extensive experience and history in the industry, from building Massive Entertainment to (co)founding and investing in new ventures to now running game funds, actually showed that he is in fact, what I like to call a ‘Game Guru’. Martin always looks at the bigger picture of a game company but then also has a ‘bottom up approach’, whereby he can perfectly analyze how IP is being (and should be) build, what teams are necessary to accomplish this while constantly supporting the executive team and challenging them with new ideas and suggestions for their corporate and IP strategy, yet without overruling them or making the final decision for them. And when it comes to negotiation, Martin walks a fine line in being firm and making sure the commercials make sense for the fund, but still also looks through the lense of the investment target, and can be accommodating at times, which has been very helpful and constructive with previous deals we worked on. I thoroughly enjoyed seeing Martin in action on behalf of Nordisk Games and I’m confident that his new ventures will lead to many other great things, and I’m sure we’re going to work together for many years to come. I highly recommend Martin as an industry professional to anyone that is looking for a (investment) partner, advisor and/or board member to get their company to the next level. ”
About
I build and lead game companies, grow teams, and create strategies that turn strong…
Experience
Education
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Blekinge Institute of Technology
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Awarded Honorary Doctorate by Blekinge Institute of Technology.
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Publications
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Management of Creativity in Video Game Development: A Case Study
Services Marketing Quarterly
Video games and their production have evolved over a few decades from being “fun” exercises at universities to a business in which annual revenues have exceeded that of Hollywood box office receipts. Presently, development of these games has become technically more advanced, and the barrier to entry into this market as a developer is getting increasingly more costly. Consequently, there has been a move toward “professionalism” of these efforts that embodies flexibility into the creative…
Video games and their production have evolved over a few decades from being “fun” exercises at universities to a business in which annual revenues have exceeded that of Hollywood box office receipts. Presently, development of these games has become technically more advanced, and the barrier to entry into this market as a developer is getting increasingly more costly. Consequently, there has been a move toward “professionalism” of these efforts that embodies flexibility into the creative development process. In this paper we report on the process used to develop new offerings in a successful Swedish firm. We reflect on the institutionalizing of creativity in this process and the leadership style used in directing it.
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Real-Time Strategy: Evolutionary Game Development
Business Horizons vol. 49
Projects have become a way of getting things done, and have moved
increasingly toward achieving qualitative goals. In this article on video game
development, the opportunity is taken to relate some particular observations on creative projects and their management. The essential aspects of this approach are its incorporation of individual and group creativity into its foundation, a Lindblomian process of decision making, and a substitution of a time of regular introspection for milestones.Other authors
Honors & Awards
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Employee of the year 2019
Nordisk Film
Selected by top management as the Employee of the Year among all Nordisk Film employees.
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Honorary member
Spelplan - Dataspelbranschen
Awarded a lifetime honorary membership by the Association of Swedish Game Developers (Spelplan - ASGD).
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Honorary doctorate (Ph.D.)
Blekinge Institute of Technology
I was awarded an honorary doctorate by my old university for my accomplishments in entrepreneurship and the games industry.
Languages
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Swedish
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English
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Polish
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