The ‘new CCP’ in Iceland is making a browser strategy game with 1.5M hexagons

I was only in Iceland for a few hours for the SlushPlay conference before I set up my first meeting with developer Solid Clouds, and I don’t know if the Icelandic government would’ve let me leave the country before talking to the studio.

Solid Clouds is a new team in Reykjavik, and former CCP Games developers — the folks who worked on Eve Online — founded this studio. And it’s clear that the people tapped into the gaming scene in that country have big hopes for the developer. When I showed up to the SlushPlay event, which brought together some of the biggest brains in the gaming industry, an Icelandic government official responsible for economic development told me how excited she was that I was going to speak with Solid Clouds. With CCP’s $36 million in revenues every six months contributing significantly to the Icelandic economy as well as its reputation, you can see why others in the country are eager to re-create that success.