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Former Remedy Head Of Franchise Development Ozz Häkkinen Founds New Studio
Former Remedy head of franchise development Oskari "Ozz" Häkkinen has announced the founding of a new studio called Futurfly. The nine-person team also includes individuals with experience at Electronic Arts and Microsoft.
Häkkinen is hinting at what his team is working on so far. "We are designing consumer apps with playable mechanics as part of the primary input mechanism," he writes. "This is a new take, and something that is better shown than talked about."
Futurfly's first project is described as a messenger program that includes a number of playable gaming elements. How that actually works in practice is something we likely won't understand until we see it in action.
Our Take
Häkkinen played an important role at Remedy, but he told us that the things he's working on at Futurfly have been something he's long wanted to do. Competing with established apps is going to be challenging, but if the gaming elements are unique and well married, the target audience might pay attention.
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