Legendo Entertainment

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.

Not to be confused with Legend Entertainment.
Legendo Entertainment
FormerlyIridon Interactive (1998–2004)
TypePrivate
IndustryAnimation, music, comics, video games
Founded1998
FounderBjörn Larsson
HeadquartersStockholm, Sweden
Key people
Björn Larsson (CEO and executive producer)
Brands
Websitehttps://legendo.com

History

Drawing inspiration predominantly from folklore, mythology, alternative science, classic novels and historical events, Legendo Entertainment has produced such works as Dracula Twins, which pays homage to classic literary works by Bram Stoker, Three Musketeers: One For All! which is a nod to Alexandre Dumas, as well as the Attack on Pearl Harbor and Pearl Harbor Trilogy series, inspired by the events of World War II.[1] Legendo's most recent game was FCB Pinball (2014), a digital pinball game featuring a football theme.[2]

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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.[1] Legendo Comics's first literary release, Wolfwar Saga: Varangian, is a graphic essay written by Philip Madden and Björn Larsson.[3]

Several games are in development at Legendo, including Dracula Twins R2: School's Out, the sequel to Dracula Twins,[4] and Valhalla Tactics: Vikings & Varangians, a turn-based tabletop strategy game,[5] both for Nintendo Switch, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.[4][5] Muskerados: The Three Musketeers Redemastered, an action game based on the novel The Three Musketeers, is in development for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S.[6]

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.[7]

Video games

As Iridon Interactive

As Legendo Entertainment

Upcoming

References
  1. "About". Legendo Entertainment. Retrieved August 9, 2022.
  2. Official FC Barcelona digital pinball game in the works., Licensing Biz. Published 2014-05-28. Retrieved 2019-08-08.
  3. Legendo Comics (March 12, 2023). "First Look: 'Wolfwar Saga: Varangian' Graphic Essay". Legendo Entertainment. Retrieved October 12, 2023.
  4. Dracula Twins R2: School's Out. Retrieved 2019-08-08.
  5. "Valhalla Tactics: Vikings & Varangians". Legendo Entertainment. Retrieved October 23, 2023.
  6. "Muskerados: Redemastered". Legendo Entertainment. Retrieved October 23, 2023.
  7. "Dracula twins: Vampire Vacademy". Legendo Entertainment. January 8, 2022. Retrieved August 9, 2022.
  8. Monster Truck Fury
  9. The Three Musketeers Archived 2013-06-08 at the Wayback Machine
  10. Dracula Twins Archived 2013-06-05 at the Wayback Machine
  11. Attack on Pearl Harbor Archived 2013-06-04 at the Wayback Machine
  12. Spooky Spirits Archived 2012-01-03 at the Wayback Machine
  13. The Three Musketeers: One for all!
  14. "Ghost Mania". Archived from the original on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2012-12-30.
  15. The Three Musketeers: One for all! Mac App Store Preview
  16. Fortune Winds: Ancient Trader
  17. FCB Pinball release. May 27, 2014. Retrieved 2019-08-08.
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