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EA is currently recruiting for its new studio in Gothenburg, on the west coast of Sweden. The new studio will concentrate on developing new generations of games, and the engine of choice is Frostbite 2”. Patrick Sderlund, EVP of EA’s Games Label, took the initiative to start the new studio …
Read More »INTERNATIONAL FACTFILE: Iceland
Iceland is only 40,000 square miles in size, and its population – and therefore its retail landscape – is even more consolidated. Civilisation in this volcanic land is focused around the capital city, meaning that publishers, retailers and distributors alike can concentrate their business on this one area to efficiently …
Read More »Mojang employees split Notch’s money
Mojang founder and Minecraft creator Markus ‘Notch’ Persson has made an unusual decision about what to do with the dividends from his wildly successful game studio: give it to his employees. Last week, Persson announced on Twitter that he was giving the money to his co-workers, who according to him …
Read More »Angry Birds Land to open in Finland
Finland is not just the home of Angry Birds developers Rovio; soon it will also have its very own Angry Birds amusement park. The park will be a part of the Srkenniemi Adventure Park in Tampere, and is due to open on April 28th. Featured attractions will include rides, interactive …
Read More »Artplant creates Game of Thrones MMO
BigPoint has announced an upcoming Massive Multiplayer Online RPG based on the popular HBO-series Game of Thrones, with Norwegian studio Artplant on development duties. Artplant, best known in Norway for various games for children based on popular television shows, has expanded heavily in the last two years, and broke through …
Read More »Svampriket aims for kids in Sweden
Up-and-coming Swedish gaming blog Svampriket is introducing a new section, called Junior, aimed at younger children – and their parents. The strandis a development of their previous video blog series, Mamma Pappa Barn, where children played games and talked about them with an eye to the younger demographic and their …
Read More »EA goes Global in Sweden for Mass Effect 3 Space Edition
Bioware and EA hosted their own version of the Mass Effect 3 Space Edition event in Stockholm last night. After three days of puzzling together clues on gaming web site Gamereactor, fans gathered in front of the Stockholm Globe Arena for the final piece of the mystery late last night. …
Read More »Skyrim dominates the Gullstikka awards
Gullstikka, the awards show hosted by Norwegian distributors and publishers (NSM), celebrated the Norwegian games industry this evening, handing out awards to local and international games their developers. It came as no surprise that Bethesda’s The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim ended up as the night’s big winner, grabbing four prizes …
Read More »Hyper Island Stockholm offers guided tour
Interactive design school Hyper Island is opening the doors to prospective students on Thursday, March 8th between 17:30 and 19:00. Anyone interested in their programmes and wanting to know more, plus the opportunity meet students and staff on site (and of course happens to be in Stockholm on March 8th) …
Read More »P3 Spel launches Add On
P3 Spel, Sweden’s largest radio show about computer and video games, has just launched the related podcast P3 Spel Add On, which is intended to continue the conversation about games and/or cover separate but related subjects. The new podcast is a little shorter than the radio show, clocking in at …
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