Native name | RedLynx Oy |
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Formerly | Punainen Ilves Laboratoriot Oy (2000–04) |
Company type | Limited company ( osakeyhtiö), subsidiary |
Industry | Video game industry |
Founded | 17 August 2000 |
Founders |
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Headquarters | , |
Key people | Celine Pasula ( managing director) [1] |
Products | Trials series |
Revenue | €11.8 million (2022 [2]) |
Number of employees | 135 (2022 [2]) |
Parent | Ubisoft (2011–present) |
Website |
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RedLynx Ltd (also known as Ubisoft RedLynx, natively RedLynx Oy, formerly Punainen Ilves Laboratoriot Oy) is a Finnish video game developer founded in 2000. The company is based in Helsinki. [2] It is best known for the Trials series of racing games. RedLynx was acquired by Ubisoft in 2011.
RedLynx was founded by brothers Atte and Antti Ilvessuo on 17 August 2000. [3] They had also founded the video game developer WAH-Software earlier. [4][ unreliable source?] RedLynx started as a small independent game development studio, focusing on mobile and browser games. In the 2000s, RedLynx developed games for Nokia mobile phones, including N-Gage titles like Pathway to Glory, High Seize and Reset Generation. [5] The company originally operated under the name Punainen Ilves Laboratoriot ( lit. Red Lynx Laboratories), but it was renamed RedLynx on 3 June 2004. [2] RedLynx was acquired by French video game publisher Ubisoft on 2 November 2011. [6] [7]