- Lasse Seppänen spent greater than seven years at Supercell.
- He has been “daydreaming” a few new video games startup with latest AI developments.
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Lasse Seppänen has departed from Supercell after greater than seven years with the studio.
Having lengthy served in management roles on the firm, Seppänen has labored as sport lead for Hay Day, Increase Seaside and Everdale, supported all Helsinki-based groups as head of sport manufacturing companies, and spent his final 12 months and a half with the corporate as normal supervisor of Supercell London.
In that last position, he helped combine the studio following the acquisition of Beatstar maker Space Ape.
Seppänen mentioned that his departure from Supercell follows “daydreaming” about startups, particularly within the context of maturing AI instruments and the alternatives they current to small, formidable groups. He plans to start out a brand new studio in 2027 and expressed a ardour for brand spanking new sport IPs.
He additionally shared pleasure round digital card video games, “a class that, on this period of AI tooling, affords loads of room to construct completely new sorts of sport experiences”.
Whereas Seppänen hasn’t disclosed the specifics of this subsequent endeavour, he has teased extra particulars “when the time is correct”.
A packed CV
After serving to to ascertain Supercell London, Seppänen will probably be staying within the UK for his subsequent profession transfer. He has prior founding expertise with Elven Industries and PlayRaven within the 2010s, with the latter acquired by Rovio in 2018. It’s been over a decade since Seppänen final based or co-founded a video games studio.
Seppänen additionally has shut to 3 a long time’ expertise in making video games, together with nearly six years at Treatment Leisure.
“After seven and a half magical years, I’ve determined to depart Supercell. I have been daydreaming in regards to the startup world once more for some time now, and this seems like precisely the best second to go,” he posted on LinkedIn.
“Large because of Ilkka Paananen, Sara Jansson Bach, Eino Joas, Janne Snellman and everybody at Supercell. It is a actually particular firm – one which arms you an infinite quantity of belief and freedom, after which will get out of the best way. That tradition is a superpower I have not seen anyplace else, and I am positively holding on to my shares for the long run.”