Supercell CEO Ilkka Paananen to receive BAFTA Fellowship
Supercell CEO and co-founder Ilkka Paananen will receive the BAFTA Fellowship award, the highest honour from BAFTA, at the 2026 BAFTA Games Awards on April 17. Paananen co-founded the Finnish mobile studio in 2010, which has since released successful titles like Clash of Clans, Clash Royale, and Brawl Stars.
- Entities
- Company: Supercell
- Person: Tim Schafer
- Person: Ilkka Paananen
- Person: Hideo Kojima
- Topic: Mobile Games
- Person: Shuhei Yoshida
- Person: Siobhan Reddy
- Topic: Video Game Industry
- Game: Brawl Stars
- Person: Yoko Shimomura
- Game: Clash of Clans
- Game: Clash Royale
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