Sigurlína Ingvarsdóttir Explained

Sigurlína Ingvarsdóttir
Birth Place:Iceland
Occupation:Video game developer

Sigurlína (Lína) Valgerður Ingvarsdóttir[1] (born 1978) is an Icelandic video game developer. She worked for EA DICE in Stockholm, Sweden, starting in 2012, and coordinated the development of Star Wars Battlefront (2015) and later of FIFA. Since 2021, she has been chair of Icelandic game developer Solid Clouds.

Biography

Sigurlína was born and grew up in Iceland. Growing up, she enjoyed horse riding, reading fantasy and science fiction, as well as playing video games, board games, and tabletop role-playing games.[2] She graduated with a degree in industrial engineering from the University of Iceland in 2002. Her first job was as project manager with the Activis pharmaceutical company.[1] Through friends working on EVE Online at CCP Games, she joined the company in 2006, rising to the level of senior producer.[3]

After a spell with Ubisoft in 2011, in 2012 she joined DICE to coordinate Battlefront, which has enjoyed commercial success.[3] [4] [5] [6] After shipping the game, she moved to Vancouver to become Senior Producer for FIFA.[7] She joined independent studio Bonfire Studios in California in the summer of 2018 and three years later was announced chairwoman of Icelandic game developer Solid Clouds.[8]

Sigurlína is a member of The Future Is Ours campaign, which is concerned with carbon emission levels.[9] She also served as one of the first chairs of the Icelandic Game Industry.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sigurlína Valgerður Ingvarsdóttir. Morgunblaðið. March 7, 2004. Icelandic. June 9, 2019.
  2. Web site: Ingvarsdottir . Sigurlina . Origin Story . . November 23, 2021 . November 29, 2018.
  3. Web site: Meet the woman responsible for the year's biggest video game. Morris. Chris. Fortune. September 22, 2015. June 9, 2019.
  4. Web site: ‘Star Wars Battlefront’ Game to Launch. Hansegard. Jens. November 15, 2015. The Wall Street Journal. June 9, 2019.
  5. Web site: The Woman Behind The Game-Changing ‘Star Wars Battlefront’. Beres. Damon. November 12, 2015. The Huffington Post. June 9, 2019.
  6. Web site: Interview: DICE's Sigurlina Ingvarsdottir on Star Wars Battlefront. Lawrence. Nathan. July 10, 2015. PC PowerPlay. December 13, 2016.
  7. Web site: Úrvalsdeildin í tölvuleikjaiðnaði. The premier league in the video game industry. Viðskiptablaðið. Magdalena Anna. Torfadótt. June 23, 2018. Icelandic. June 8, 2019.
  8. News: Sigurlína nýr stjórnarformaður Solid Clouds . Sigurlína new chairman of Solid Clouds . November 23, 2021 . . May 21, 2021 . Icelandic.
  9. Web site: Boomers and Millennials Have to Join Forces to Fight Climate Change. TIME. November 15, 2016. June 9, 2019.