Nordic presence in Portugal

Funcom ZPX

Gaming

Lisbon game-development studio of Norwegian publisher Funcom (Oslo, founded 1993). Funcom acquired Lisbon’s Zona Paradoxal (ZPX) in 2019; the studio now counts roughly 70 developers from 11 countries working on titles such as Conan Exiles and Dune: Awakening.

Parent HQOslo, Norway (Funcom, founded 1993)
Portuguese studioFuncom ZPX, Lisbon
AcquiredJanuary 2019 (Zona Paradoxal, Lda)
Team~70 people, 11 nationalities
OriginNorway
SectorVideo game development

Corridor footprint

Funcom ZPX is a full-range development studio in central Lisbon and one of five Funcom studios worldwide, alongside Oslo, Stockholm, Bucharest and Durham (US). It contributes to Funcom’s flagship survival and open-world titles.

Why this matters

One of the clearest examples of Nordic gaming capital choosing Lisbon for talent: a Norwegian publisher acquiring and scaling a Portuguese studio rather than just outsourcing to it.

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