Icy Tower Developer Gets Acquired

via IGN


The Swedish flash game developer Muskedunder Interactive today announced it has acquired the independent game developer Free Lunch Design. Founded in 1998 by Johan Peitz, Free Lunch Design has since enjoyed a steadily growing fan base for its free casual games. The smash hit Icy Tower boasts over 20,000,000 downloads and over 100 weeks on the Top Ten most popular downloads list on download.com.

Muskedunder Interactive has made a reputation of developing successful advergames and serious games played by millions worldwide for clients like Doritos, Paramount Home Entertainment and Red Cross. The company will continue its business with Johan Peitz as shareholder and new Lead Programmer.

"We will not be leaving the advergame space, but rather expand our development profile" says Magnus Alm, CEO of Muskedunder Interactive. "To the fans of Free Lunch Design I would like to emphasize that we are committed to the brands built by Johan, and we will make sure they stay 100% free and coming at a steady pace."

Today a new webpage for Free Lunch Design was released, making the current portfolio of free games even more accessible to loyal fans and new audiences.

"This is a great injection, taking Free Lunch Design to new heights. The popularity of our games combined with the excellent business side of Muskedunder will create awesome synergetic effects" says Johan Peitz.