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Revenue from Swedish game developers increased to €1.4bn in 2016, showing a growth of 1,000 per cent since 2010, according to the 2017 edition of the Swedish Game Developer Index. Of that figure, €35m (or 25 per cent) was generated by micro, small or medium sized companies, and the staff …

Research from the new Game Developer Index finds that 1 in 10 people globally have played a game made in Sweden.

Former DICE studio manager Patrich Bach to take the helm of the new Ubisoft Stockholm team

The new studio will operate in Malmo, Sweden and look to bring Paradox's strategy to mobile

Studio behind Vita version of LittleBigPlanet originally revealed horror adventure title in early 2014

Country overtakes Sweden as region where devs feel highest quality titles are made, with 27 per cent of community predicting UK will still be the top place for development in five years’ time

Rovio Stockholm founder Oskar Burman, senior development director of Frostbite Labs Kristoffer Benjaminsson and Mirror’s Edge Catalyst design director Erik Odeldahl behind venture

Metal Gear Solid creator, Epic boss and Tomb Raider writer will be joined by Blizzard artist David Luong and Witcher 3 designer Matthew Seinke

China is now the biggest video games market in the world. The Chinese industry had revenues estimated at more than $22.2bn (over 15.5bn) last year, according to data firm Newzoo, and outperformed the US for the first time. With over 446m players – which represent a third of the total …

Sweden is responsible for many triple-A titles both on mobile and traditional platforms. For instance, Minecraft, The Division, Star Wars Battlefront and Candy Crush Saga have all been developed by Swedish studios. Swedish games have often been described as booming and for good reason,” stated Per Strmbck, the spokesperson for …