Legendo Entertainment is a Sweden-based entertainment company, led by CEO Björn Larsson. Founded as Iridon Interactive in 1998, the company adopted its current title in 2004. Until late 2018, Legendo Entertainment was a dedicated video game company, taking on the creation, development and publishing of various third-party titles through external development teams; since 2018, the company has taken on several multimedia projects, including comics, music, and animation.

History

Drawing inspiration predominantly from folklore, mythology, alternative science, classic novels and historical events, Legendo Entertainment has produced such works as ''

Dracula Twins ''Dracula Twins'' is a platform game developed by Legendo Entertainment and Nerlaska Studio. It was released for Microsoft Windows in October 2006. The single-player game is presented through a Third-person view, third-person perspective. The play ...

,'' which pays homage to classic literary works by

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, '' Three Musketeers: One For All!'' which is a nod to

Alexandre Dumas Alexandre Dumas (, ; ; born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (), 24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870), also known as Alexandre Dumas père (where '' '' is French for 'father', to distinguish him from his son Alexandre Dumas fils), was a French writer ...

, as well as the ''Attack on Pearl Harbor'' and '' Pearl Harbor Trilogy'' series, inspired by the events of World War II. Legendo's most recent game was '' FCB Pinball'' (2014), a digital pinball game featuring a football theme. In late 2018, Legendo Entertainment began to take on various cross-media projects, separating the company into five departments: Legendo Games, Legendo Comics, Legendo Music, Legendo Media, and Legendo Animation. Legendo Comics's first literary release, ''Wolfwar Saga: Varangian'', is a graphic essay written by Vinithor Amal. In 2019, Legendo Music supervised the release of a three-track EP titled ''ÞRÍR: Serpents in the Mist'' by Draugablíkk, described as a "Hunno-Gothic" band in reference to the

Huns The Huns were a nomadic people who lived in Central Asia, the Caucasus, and Eastern Europe between the 4th and 6th century AD. According to European tradition, they were first reported living east of the Volga River, in an area that was part ...

and

Goths The Goths ( got, 𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰, translit=''Gutþiuda''; la, Gothi, grc-gre, Γότθοι, Gótthoi) were a Germanic people who played a major role in the fall of the Western Roman Empire and the emergence of medieval Europe ...

. The band's music is inspired by

Norse mythology Norse, Nordic, or Scandinavian mythology is the body of myths belonging to the North Germanic peoples, stemming from Old Norse religion and continuing after the Christianization of Scandinavia, and into the Nordic folklore of the modern period ...

Scythian The Scythians or Scyths, and sometimes also referred to as the Classical Scythians and the Pontic Scythians, were an ancient Eastern * : "In modern scholarship the name 'Sakas' is reserved for the ancient tribes of northern and eastern Centra ...

warfare, and

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folklore. In 2020, Draugablíkk released a full-length debut album entitled ''NÍU: Blood of the Amali''. Two games are in development at Legendo: ''Dracula Twins R2: School's Out'', the sequel to ''Dracula Twins'',Dracula Twins R2: School's Out.
Retrieved 2019-08-08. and ''Winds of Valhalla: Vikings & Varangians'', a turn-based tabletop strategy game. Both games are in development for

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, and

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. Legendo Entertainment is also developing its debut animation project, ''Dracula Twins: Vampire Vacademy'', based on the ''Dracula Twins'' video games. It is scheduled for release in 2024.

Video games

As Iridon Interactive

*1997 – '' Dink Smallwood'' ( PC) *1998 – ''Excessive Speed'' ( PC) *1999 – ''Total Soccer 2000'' ( PC) *2000 – ''Akimbo: Kung-Fu Hero'' ( PC) *2001 – ''Monster Truck Rumble'' ( PC) *2002 – ''Turbo Turtle Adventure'' (

GBA The (GBA) is a 32-bit handheld game console developed, manufactured and marketed by Nintendo as the successor to the Game Boy Color. It was released in Japan on March 21, 2001, in North America on June 11, 2001, in the PAL region on June 22, 2 ...

) *2003 – ''Monster Truck Fury'' (

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and above) *2003 – ''

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and the Lost Rainbow'' (

) (unreleased) *2003 – ''

Pure Pinball ''Pure Pinball'' is a series of pinball simulation video games developed and published by Legendo Entertainment The single-player games feature several themed pinball tables, each with different mechanics and game modes. The game engines mimic t ...

'' ( PC) *2004 – ''

'' (

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) *2004 – '' Billy Blade and the Temple of Time'' ( PC) *2005 – ''Heavyweight Thunder'' ( PC)

As Legendo Entertainment

*2005 – ''

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'' (

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and

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) *2006 – ''

'' (

and

) *2007 – ''

Attack on Pearl Harbor The attack on Pearl HarborAlso known as the Battle of Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service upon the United States against the naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, j ...

'' (

and

) *2008 – ''Becky & Tim: Spooky Spirits'' (

and

) *2009 – '' The Three Musketeers: One for all!'' (

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) *2009 – ''Spooky Spirits: Puzzle Drop!!'' ( iPhone) (co-developed with Innogiant) *2010 – '' Pearl Harbor Trilogy - 1941: Red Sun Rising'' (

) *2011 – ''Ghost Mania'' (

) *2011 – '' The Three Musketeers: One for all!'' (

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) *2012 – ''Fortune Winds: Ancient Trader'' (

and

) *2014 – ''FCB Pinball: The Official Pinball of FC Barcelona'' ( iPhone/

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)FCB Pinball release.
May 27, 2014. Retrieved 2019-08-08.

Upcoming

* ''Dracula Twins R2: School's Out!'' (

) * ''Winds of Valhalla: Vikings & Varangians'' (

)

References

External links

* *{{Official website, http://iridon.com/, Iridon Interactive website Companies based in Stockholm Swedish companies established in 1998 Video game companies established in 1998 Video game companies of Sweden Video game development companies