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Hansoft has announced that a start-up license for up to nine users is now available at no cost, making it possible for small teams to get access to project management software. CEO Patric Palm said: We often see examples of upcoming, rapidly growing software developers hitting a stage where they …
Read More »Free Lunch design acquires Dark Nebula
The popular series of iOS games, Dark Nebula, has been acquired by Gothenburg-based outfit Free Lunch Design. With over six million downloads and counting, Dark Nebula creator Anders Hejdenberg believes the acquisition was a natural fit to preserve the legacy of the series. "With a huge fan base and great …
Read More »Swedish gaming award’s people’s choice voting still open
Dataspelsgalan 2012 has been delayed until late March/early April, but the voting for the people’s choice award is still open. The awards will be chosen by a group of gaming journalists and gaming industry experts who are now deliberating and voting on who gets the big prizes this year. But …
Read More »Paradox announces three new games at GDC
Paradox Interactive, Sweden’s most indie-friendly big publisher, today announced three new games for its 2012 lineup, one of which is created by Magicka developer, Arrowhead. A man without a destiny is about to meet his destiny. A cop on his last day of retirement", begins the tounge-in-cheek voicover in the …
Read More »Funcom stock price ‘could triple’
The price of stock in Funcom has risen from 5,20 NOK last summer to 20,30 NOK in March 2012. Analysts expects further growth until the release of Funcom’s next big MMO The Secret World in June. Funcom was listed on the Norwegian Stock Exchange (Oslo Brs) in 2005, and has …
Read More »EA opens Gothenburg studio
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 »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 »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 …
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