please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . august 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message amuze type video game studio industry video games founded 1996 headquarters solna sweden key people john kroknes ceo stefan holmqvist ceo products headhunter video game headhunter redemption number of employees 50 at peak website www.amuze.com amuze was a video game studio located in solna sweden . the studio was founded in 1996 by john kroknes and stefan holmqvist . amuze is best known for developing the game headhunter and its sequel headhunter redemption . contents 1 games 1.1 headhunter 1.2 headhunter redemption 2 future 3 see also 4 references games edit amuze released two games in the headhunter series of video games published by sega . the sequel headhunter redemption was released in 2004 . headhunter edit headhunter is a video game developed by amuze for the sega dreamcast and playstation 2 video game consoles . the dreamcast version of the game was only distributed in europe by bigben interactive . for the majority of the game the gameplay is that of a third person shooter as players control protagonist jack wade . jack travels between the main levels of the game on his motorcycle and these sections take the form of a racing game with the motorbike s acceleration and braking controlled using the sensitive analogue trigger buttons of the dreamcast control pad . music for the game was composed by richard jacques and recorded at abbey road studios . headhunter redemption edit headhunter redemption is the sequel to the dreamcast and playstation 2 game headhunter . headhunter redemption was launched in europe for the xbox and playstation 2 on october 31 2003 . the game was released in north america on september 21 2004 . set 20 years after the bloody mary virus released in the original headhunter jack and his new partner leeza x find out something is amidst when they try to stop weapon smugglers . the pair must face opposition from the glass skyscrapers filled and media controlled above and the dregs & criminal infested colonies of below . jack and leeza must also face their fears as they try to redem a world from chaos especially jack whose son was taken away by forces from below but might still be alive . future edit headhunter redemption marked the last of the studio s games as they would later close down the stockholm studio after a period of economic hardship in 2005 . 1 o zone was going to be the studio s next gen title but was not finished before the studio shuttered . 1 the official website was active but not updated for a period after the stockholm studio closed in spring 2005 . the website went offline in fall 2008 . on its most productive year of 2003 amuze employed 70 staff in house . see also edit headhunter video game headhunter redemption references edit a b https www.linkedin.com profile view id 6202727 & authtype name search & authtoken hoqz & locale en us & srchid 1391765181415859586400 & srchindex 1 & srchtotal 1 & trk vsrp people res name & trkinfo vsrpsearchid % 3a1391765181415859586400 % 2cvsrptargetid % 3a6202727 % 2cvsrpcmpt % 3aprimary retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title amuze & oldid 735030532 categories video game publishersvideo game companies established in 1996video game companies of swedenvideo game development companieshidden categories articles needing additional references from august 2016all articles needing additional references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages fran aisnederlandsnorsk bokm lsvenska edit links this page was last modified on 18 august 2016 at 06 17 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view