## Building a virtual world that millions will live in, for decades.

Mainframe is an independent, venture-backed game developer. Our team is bringing together veterans from places like CCP, Next Games, Blizzard Entertainment, Ubisoft, and Remedy. We’re set on creating a social sandbox MMO, where players will build their personal home and craft their fate.

# It’s the game of a lifetime.

## Our story

Founded by veteran developers from Iceland and Finland, Mainframe has assembled a team coming from all corners of the industry, places like CCP, Remedy, Next Games, Rovio, Ubisoft, and Blizzard Entertainment. We bring all our hard-won lessons (both good and bad) to our cause of reimagining an MMO for this decade.

## Our aim

To create a persistent social world that reflects the best strands of our collective DNA as game developers, forging a fresh take on a storied genre with a game that our players will call home, whether they choose to access our world from their PC, console, or phone. We aim to be one of the first studios to create an experience made for the new medium that is cloud gaming.

## The right company

Reaching this destination promises to be quite a journey, and we have the firm intention of enjoying it. We’re designing Mainframe to be a human-sized, warm and welcoming place, at the heart of which is the conviction that empowerment of individuals and teams is the best way to let our common passion for our project shine. Sounds like the right fit for you? [Check out our job openings.](/content/work-with-us/index.html)

# Join us

Having secured our funding, we’re growing the team to deliver on our vision of a social sandbox MMO.

[Current openings](/content/en/work-with-us/#jobs/index.html)

# Timeline

2025

- October  
[Pax Dei 1.0](https://playpaxdei.com/news/1-0/pax-dei-1-0-has-launched-a-new-chapter-begins) is released

2024

- June  
Pax Dei enters in [Early Access](https://playpaxdei.com/early-access).
- April  
Second Public Test: the [Wilderness Alpha](https://playpaxdei.com/news/playtest/wilderness-alpha-in-numbers).

2023

- November  
First public [Alpha test](https://playpaxdei.com/news/playtest/alpha-in-numbers) for Pax Dei.
- October  
Mainframe partners with [New Tales](https://newtales.com/) to co-publish Pax Dei Early Access.
- March  
[Reveal](https://www.eurogamer.net/pax-dei-is-an-mmo-that-looks-like-an-arthurian-dream-and-has-no-npcs) of Pax Dei, a player-driven, social sandbox MMO.

2021

- November  
€20M [Series B round](https://sifted.eu/articles/a16z-mmo-gaming-mainframe/) with new backers, including Twitch & King co-founders.
- September  
Opening of the studio in Paris.

2020

- March  
€7.6M [Series A round](https://venturebeat.com/2020/03/19/mainframe-industries-raises-8-3-million-for-cloud-native-games/). New backers include Andreessen Horowitz and Riot Games.

2019

- October  
[Public reveal](https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-10-01-ccp-remedy-next-games-veterans-team-up-to-form-mainframe-industries). Opening of the studio in Reykjavík.
- €2M seed round funding from Maki.vc, Play Ventures, Sisu Game Ventures, and Crowberry Capital.
- April  
Formation by the thirteen founders. Opening of the studio in Helsinki.

# Mainframe in the media

[Pax Dei is an exciting 'social sandbox' from EVE alumni](https://www.pcgamer.com/games/mmo/pax-dei-is-an-exciting-social-sandbox-from-eve-alumni-where-you-can-be-a-medieval-monarch-pope-or-just-make-trousers-all-dayand-its-out-soon/)

[Pax Dei Drops Two Gorgeous Trailers Ahead Of Next Week's Early Access Launch](https://www.mmorpg.com/news/pax-dei-drops-two-gorgeous-trailers-ahead-of-next-weeks-early-access-launch-2000131907)

[Hands-On with Pax Dei — the next generation of social MMOs](https://www.gamingtrend.com/feature/previews/hands-on-with-pax-dei-the-next-generation-of-social-mmos/)

[Medieval Sandbox MMORPG Pax Dei is looking beautiful](https://www.destructoid.com/medieval-sandbox-mmorpg-pax-dei-is-looking-beautiful/)

[Pax Dei is a social sandbox MMO that will attempt to pull off EVE Online in medieval Europe](https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/pax-dei-is-a-social-sandbox-mmo-that-will-attempt-to-pull-off-eve-online-in-medieval-europe)

[This ambitious 'social sandbox' MMORPG is like EVE Online in medieval Europe](https://www.pcgamer.com/this-ambitious-social-sandbox-mmorpg-is-like-eve-online-in-medieval-europe-from-the-first-minute-you-start-playing-the-game-you-can-do-everything-you-can-imagine-with-other-players/)

[Ambitious new MMO Pax Dei promises the base-building of Rust, politics of Eve Online](https://www.polygon.com/23619214/pax-dei-mmo-preview-trailer-alpha-access-interview)

[Pax Dei is an MMO that looks like an Arthurian dream and has no NPCs](https://www.eurogamer.net/pax-dei-is-an-mmo-that-looks-like-an-arthurian-dream-and-has-no-npcs)

[Pax Dei Is a Sandbox MMO Where the Players Will Create Everything](https://www.escapistmagazine.com/pax-dei-reveal-trailer-mmo/)

[Pax Dei, Mainframe Industries' Upcoming Cloud Native MMO, Is A Sandbox Where Everything Is Built By Players](https://www.mmorpg.com/editorials/pax-dei-mainframe-industries-upcoming-cloud-native-mmo-is-a-sandbox-where-everything-is-built-by-players-2000127412)

[Former EVE Online developers announce fantasy sandbox MMO Pax Dei](https://www.pcgamer.com/former-eve-online-developers-announce-fantasy-sandbox-mmo-pax-dei/)