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Roger Skagerwall, CEO MAG Interactive

From apps ro riches: MAG Interactive

MAG Interactive, a swedish developer which has developed various apps and other software for others for eight years, recently released Rumble to the Apple AppStore, where it very quickly shot ...

Mats Nylund
by Mats Nylund
on Apr 13th 2012 at 2:12PM in News
André Persson

Fight it out with Namco Bandai this weekend

The Ericsson Globe Arena, Stockholm goes ancient Rome this weekend as modern all-style-gladiators fight at the annual UFC. Namco Bandai Partners will dedicate this weekend fully to martial arts by ...

Christer Engstrom
by Christer Engstrom
on Apr 13th 2012 at 1:01PM in News
Tuija Lindén, Pelit Editor-in-chief

Pelit launches graphics design competition

Pelit-magazine organizes the Disainia peliiin –competition as a part of World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 project.

Jukka Moilanen
by Jukka Moilanen
on Apr 13th 2012 at 1:01PM in News
Hitman Absolution

Hitman: Absolution gets Nordic Edition

Upcoming third person assassinate-em-up Hitman: Absolution will of course be released as a collectors edition, in this case called the Professional Edition. But it will also be released in a ...

Mats Nylund
by Mats Nylund
on Apr 13th 2012 at 12:16PM in News

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Lars Jörnow

King.com hits the big(ger) time

King.com, the Swedish game developer, yesterday announced that they have surpassed 2.5 billion games played per month.

Mats Nylund
by Mats Nylund
on Apr 13th 2012 at 9:51AM in News
MCV expands to India at E3

MCV expands to India at E3

The first daily news and community resource for trade and consumers across India will go live during the build-up to the world's biggest games show this summer.

Christer Engstrom
by Christer Engstrom
on Apr 13th 2012 at 9:49AM in News
Shigeru Miyamoto

Shigeru Miyamoto loves Angry Birds

Shigeru Miyamoto was in Paris yesterday, and did a few interviews, where he also praised Finnish studio Rovio’s bestselling mobile game.

Mats Nylund
by Mats Nylund
on Apr 13th 2012 at 8:23AM in News
Violence in games: Statens Medieråd replies

Violence in games: Statens Medieråd replies

Swedish government agency Statens Medieråd criticizes TV show Kalla Fakta for misrepresenting their role in the violent games debate.

Mats Nylund
by Mats Nylund
on Apr 12th 2012 at 4:15PM in News

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Ovelin

Ovelin: Public funding really helped us

Finnish Wildchords developer says Tekes’ R&D funding played an important role in the company’s early stages.

Jukka Moilanen
by Jukka Moilanen
on Apr 12th 2012 at 2:14PM in News
Åsa Roos

Åsa Roos on game design

Yesterday morning (yes, we know, but no one told us beforehand!), game designer and blogger Åsa Roos discussed game design in Swedish radio channel P3's Morgonpasset.

Mats Nylund
by Mats Nylund
on Apr 12th 2012 at 1:26PM in News
INDIE9000 Logo

INDIE9000 - The next Braid in 48 hours?

The next World of Goo or Braid might be the result of the upcoming gamejam INDIE9000 to be held in Aalborg, Denmark this weekend where aspiring game developers have 48 ...

Thomas Berger
by Thomas Berger
on Apr 12th 2012 at 12:45PM in News
Randy Pitchford

Keynote speakers for Nordic Game 2012

Nordic Game 2012 just announced its official keynote speaker list for this year’s conference, which takes place in Malmö, Sweden, May 23rd – May 25th.

Mats Nylund
by Mats Nylund
on Apr 12th 2012 at 11:15AM in News

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Naval War: Arctic Circle

Naval War: Arctic Circle - release and demo

Paradox Interactive and Norwegian developer Turbo Tape Games just announced the release of Naval War: Arctic Circle, as well as a demo of the game.

Mats Nylund
by Mats Nylund
on Apr 12th 2012 at 10:05AM in News
Swedish sales charts week 14

Swedish sales charts week 14

The Swedish sales charts for last week just dropped into our laps, and just like last time, some fairly major changes have taken place.

Mats Nylund
by Mats Nylund
on Apr 12th 2012 at 9:15AM in News
Martin Wahlund of Fatshark.

Krater gets release date

Swedish game developer Fatshark just announced a release date for its bright (!) future postapocalyptic role playing game, Krater.

Mats Nylund
by Mats Nylund
on Apr 12th 2012 at 8:30AM in News
TV4's "Kalla Fakta" joins the violence debate

TV4's "Kalla Fakta" joins the violence debate

Tonight The Swedish Media Council (Medierådet) is in the line of fire as the ongoing debate on youngsters and videogames heats. TV4's investigating program Kalla Fakta takes a closer look ...

Christer Engstrom
by Christer Engstrom
on Apr 11th 2012 at 5:59PM in News

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Christian Hedlund, Radiogamer host and founder

Radiogamer hits Itunes top 5

Radiogamer, the swedish podcast and radio show, today made it to fourth, but then fell back to fifth place in the most downloaded Swedish podcast list on Itunes.

Mats Nylund
by Mats Nylund
on Apr 11th 2012 at 2:55PM in News
Ridge Racer Unbounded

Bugbear talks about RR: Unbounded problems

Ridge Racer Unbounded developer Bugbear has been criticized for what they did with the venerable franchise. Now, they talk to Eurogamer about why things turned out the way they did, ...

Mats Nylund
by Mats Nylund
on Apr 11th 2012 at 12:50PM in News
Finnish sales charts: BF3 still holds out

Finnish sales charts: BF3 still holds out

We just received the latest sales charts from Finnish gaming association FIGMA, and unlike the rest of the Nordic counties, DICE’s masterpiece still holds the number one spot there.

Mats Nylund
by Mats Nylund
on Apr 11th 2012 at 11:45AM in News
Legend of Grimrock

Almost Human releases old school dungeon crawler

Finnish independent developer Almost Human has released its debut title, the Dungeon Master –inspired Legend of Grimrock, on pc today.

Jukka Moilanen
by Jukka Moilanen
on Apr 11th 2012 at 9:44AM in News
Max Payne 3

Remedy: "Max Payne 3 is f***ing brilliant!"

Rockstar Games is about to release the hotly anticipated Max Payne 3, and former franchise holders Remedy Entertainment recently commented on the game to Gamesindustry International.

Mats Nylund
by Mats Nylund
on Apr 11th 2012 at 8:45AM in News
Hannah Graaf

Graaf vs Tejbz - Microsoft's Kinect challenge

Hannah Graaf, blogger, model and mother, but not in the least bit gamer, has challenged famous gaming blogger Tobias ‘Tejbz’ Öjerfalk to a Kinect showdown via Youtube.

Mats Nylund
by Mats Nylund
on Apr 10th 2012 at 3:34PM in News
Iron Sky the Game

Moon Nazis invade iOS

Iron Sky the Game released on iOS, coming to Android and Windows Phone 7 later.

Jukka Moilanen
by Jukka Moilanen
on Apr 10th 2012 at 1:51PM in News
Commodore 64 startup screen

Jack Tramiel passes away

Jack Tramiel, the father of the Commodore 64 that was found in pretty much every home in the Nordic countries in the 80’s, is no longer with us.

Mats Nylund
by Mats Nylund
on Apr 10th 2012 at 1:26PM in News
Mikael Nermark and Josef Fares - Photo: Joel Marklund

How is Starbreeze doing?

Swedish evening paper Aftonbladet recently talked to Uppsala gaming studio Starbreeze about the cutbacks, and their new game, created in cooperation with movie director Josef Fares.

Mats Nylund
by Mats Nylund
on Apr 10th 2012 at 11:49AM in News