 The company was founded by Swedish programmer Magnus Högdahl . Högdahl was a former member of the PC demoscene group Triton , and specialized in making tech demos . He decided to leave the company after his project , an action role @-@ playing game named Into the Shadows , was cancelled . He then decided to found his own studio and began crafting his own game engine . He actively recruited staff among his acquaintances and the studio was officially established in 1998 in Härnösand , Sweden . 
