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,'' 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 Alexandre Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie, 24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870), also known as Alexandre Dumas , was a French novelist and playwright. His works have been translated into many languages and he is one of the mos ...

, 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 Philip Madden and Björn Larsson. Several games are in development at Legendo, including ''Dracula Twins R2: School's Out'', the sequel to ''Dracula Twins'',Dracula Twins R2: School's Out.
Retrieved 2019-08-08. and ''Valhalla Tactics: Vikings & Varangians'', a turn-based tabletop strategy game, both for

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, and

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. ''Muskerados: The Three Musketeers Redemastered'', an

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based on the novel ''

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'', is in development for

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and Xbox Series X/S. 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) *2003 – ''Monster Truck Fury'' (

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and above) *2003 – ''

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and the Lost Rainbow'' ( GBA) (unreleased) *2003 – '' Pure Pinball'' ( PC) *2004 – '' Pure Pinball'' (

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) *2004 – ''

Billy Blade and the Temple of Time ''Billy Blade and the Temple of Time'' () is an Action-adventure video game co-developed by Iridon Interactive and Nerlaska Studio, released in March 25, 2005 for PC. Plot Billy Blade is a young explorer and swordsman with a blue monkey compani ...

'' ( PC) *2005 – ''Heavyweight Thunder'' ( PC)

As Legendo Entertainment

*2005 – ''

'' (

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and

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) *2006 – '' Dracula Twins'' (

and

) *2007 – ''

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'' (

and

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

and

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

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) *2009 – ''Spooky Spirits: Puzzle Drop!!'' (

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) (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'' (

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

Upcoming

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

) * ''Muskerados: The Three Musketeers Redemastered'' (

) * ''Valhalla Tactics: 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