Strengthening technology and engineering leadership with Petri Hyökyranta and Daniel Lindkvist

Earlier this fall we celebrated the 5th anniversary of both Metacore and Merge Mansion – a milestone that pushed us to look ahead at how we continue evolving our long-term strategy and ability to scale. While the competition in casual and merge-2 games has evolved tremendously, we believe there is still significant potential for us to unlock, both with Merge Mansion and new games. Our goal is to regain our leading position and continue advancing these categories even further.

To support the next chapter of Merge Mansion’s growth and lay a strong foundation for new game development, we are strengthening our technology and engineering leadership. Our newly appointed CTO, Petri Hyökyranta, and Head of Engineering, Daniel Lindkvist, bring decades of combined experience in game development and technology leadership.

Petri will lead games technology at Metacore. With an exceptional background in building and scaling games at Rovio and Small Giant Games, his appointment as our CTO marks an important step in shaping an actionable technology strategy across Metacore’s business.

Daniel joins us as the new Head of Engineering, bringing deep technical and engineering expertise from his years at King. Having spent over a decade working on the technology behind industry-leading titles – all while being a passionate Merge Mansion player – he brings both experience and perspective to level up the tech behind Merge Mansion.

The scale and complexity of our business require the ability to operate in a fast-paced environment and a strong, shared alignment around our culture, values and ways of working. Petri and Daniel both embody these qualities, and their proven experience in building and scaling globally successful titles definitely matches our ambition for the future.

A warm welcome to Petri and Daniel on behalf of everyone at Metacore. We are thrilled to have you join the team!

– Mika