Atli Mar Sveinsson of Directive Games.
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Veterans of A-list game studios like Ubisoft and Tencent raise $3.5M for new mobile endeavor

Directive Games is coming out of stealth today and announcing it has raised $3.5 million in a first round of funding for its mobile game studio. Its mission is to make triple-A-quality games on mobile, akin to what Super Evil Megacorp accomplished with Vainglory on tablets.

The Hong Kong-based company was founded late last year by game veterans Atli Mar Sveinsson, Matthias Gudmundsson, Andreas Axelsson, Wang Hao, Yohei Ishii, and Andrea Cesaro. It has offices in both Shanghai and Reykjavik, Iceland. They’re part of the migration of game developers from console games to mobile devices. Mobile gaming is expected to grow to $30 billion and surpass console revenues, according to market researcher Newzoo.

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