company oy 1 industry computer and video game industry founded 2009 headquarters tampere finland key people mariina hallikainen ceo antti ilmari lehto board chairman 1 antti juhani isosomppi art director 2 and board member karoliina korppoo game designer 3 damien morello graphics and gameplay programmer 4 and board member 1 products cities in motion series cities skylines number of employees 15 5 website www.colossalorder.fi colossal order is a finnish video game development company known for its business simulation game series cities in motion and for its city builder cities skylines . 6 7 8 9 the company was founded in tampere finland in 2009 . its publisher is paradox interactive . 2 paradox tests markets sells and distributes all games by colossal order . 10 the ceo of colossal order is mariina hallikainen . 1 contents 1 history 2 games 2.1 list of games 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit colossal order was founded in the summer of 2009 by a group of game developers of the mobile game company universomo . mariina hallikainen was hired from outside of universomo as the ceo of the new company . 10 at first colossal order had difficulties obtaining funding for its first game the business simulation game cities in motion that was already in development when the company was founded . 10 investors thought that cities in motion would not attract a large enough clientele . instead of big investors the first steps of the company were funded by finnish public instruments centre for economic development transport and the environment tekes and digidemo finance of the promotion centre for audiovisual culture as well as small private investors . 2 in its early phase the company was coached by the yritystalli program of the tampere university of technology 10 but advice was sought directly from experienced finnish game development companies as well specifically remedy entertainment and frozenbyte . 2 upon being founded colossal order compared dozens of publishers and ended up signing a publishing agreement with paradox interactive after over a year s worth of negotiations . 10 in october 2015 colossal order was awarded the finnish game developer of the year finnish vuoden suomalainen pelinkehitt j award at the dixiexpo fi convention . the judges thanked colossal order for focusing from its inception ... on in addition to developing games also developing its business model . 11 games edit the relationship between colossal order and its publisher paradox interactive has been characterized as constructive . colossal order has the freedom to create games without limitations set by the publisher bar those on schedules . 2 unlike the game developers that founded it colossal order does not develop mobile games . 2 instead the company focuses on pc games . 11 employees of the company have their own internal wiki platform for developing games . 5 games by colossal order are known for their active modding communities . 5 one of the programmers at the company works full time on modding tools . 12 the best known game of the company 13 is the city building game cities skylines published in march 2015 . it competes with games of the simcity and cities xl series . 14 15 16 cities skylines got its first expansion pack cities skylines after dark in september 2015 . its second expansion pack came out in february 2016 called cities skylines snowfall . 15 list of games edit cities in motion 2011 6 9 17 cities in motion 2 2013 7 9 18 cities skylines 2015 8 19 see also edit video games portal companies portal finland portal paradox interactive references edit a b c d vastuuhenkil t responsibilities in finnish . fonecta finder . retrieved 5 march 2015 . a b c d e f mika sorvari 17 march 2011 . esittelyss colossal order introducing colossal order . gamereactor finland in finnish . gamez publishing a s. retrieved 5 march 2015 . alenius kaisa 7 july 2015 . peliala on murroksessa ja se n kyy karoliina korppoossa the game industry is evolving and it can be seen in karoliina korppoo in finnish . yle kulttuuri . retrieved 21 november 2015 . cameron phill 23 april 2015 . if you build it colossal order on cities skylines modding . gamasutra . retrieved 21 november 2015 . a b c peel jeremy . how colossal order touched the clouds the making and success of cities skylines . pcgamesn . p. 1 . retrieved 21 november 2015 . a b quintin smith 5 january 2011 . some impressions cities in motion . rock paper shotgun . retrieved 12 march 2015 . a b john walker 15 august 2012 . on the buses cities in motion 2 . rock paper shotgun . retrieved 12 march 2015 . a b alec meer 10 march 2015 . wot i think cities skylines . rock paper shotgun . retrieved 12 march 2015 . a b c company . colossal order . retrieved 10 march 2015 . a b c d e eskelinen p ivi 19 may 2011 . vakavasti mukana pelibisneksess seriously in with the games business . rajapinta in finnish . tampere university of technology . 2011 3 . retrieved 21 november 2015 . a b cities skylines toi vuoden suomalaisen pelinkehitt j n palkinnon cities skylines earned the finnish game developer of the year award . tivi in finnish . retrieved 31 october 2015 . wordsworth rich 21 may 2015 . cities skylines built this city on mods and coal . redbull . retrieved 21 november 2015 . colossal order liittyi rovion ja supercellin joukkoon colossal order joined rovio and supercell in finnish . markkinoint & mainonta . 30 october 2015 . retrieved 21 november 2015 . cities in motion . metacritic . retrieved 5 march 2015 . a b colossal order . ign . retrieved 5 march 2015 . cities in motion . dome . 16 february 2011 . retrieved 5 march 2015 . jon michael 22 march 2011 . cities in motion review . ign . retrieved 12 march 2015 . leif johnson 11 april 2013 . cities in motion 2 review . ign . retrieved 12 march 2015 . robert purchese 11 february 2015 . cities skylines release date revealed . eurogamer . retrieved 11 february 2015 . external links edit official website retrieved 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