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UK retailer GAME has hinted at the possible sale of some of its international operations as it continues to fight for its life in the UK. In response to press speculation the GAME Group confirms that it is in ongoing dialogue with its lending syndicate to reach agreement on revised …

Intent Media will launch a trade site and daily email for the exploding Nordic games community this spring. Covering Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland and Iceland, MCV Nordic will arrive in mid-March with local editors and in partnership with local trade organisations.It will cover all aspects of the industry, from publishing, …

Nintendo has decided to scrap plans to release Tecmo Koei’s 3DS brawler Dead or Alive: Dimensions in Sweden. Though the company hasn’t expressly admitted it, it is believed that the decision came following concerns that the title could contravene the country’s child pornography laws owing to its depiction of young …

The men behind Swedish file-sharing site The Pirate Bay have lost their latest appeal against their prosecution for piracy. The court ruled that Fredrik Neij, Peter Sunde and Carl Lundstrom facilitated illegal file-sharing in a way that results in criminal liability for those who run the service. It added: For …

A number of retail listings emerging from Sweden over the weekend – including GAME – have pegged a KR 1,400 price tag on a standalone SKU of Microsoft’s Natal motion controller – that translates to around 133. As Kotaku points out, early retail listings are never accurate measure of price, …

National report reveals healthy turnover and workforce gains for 2008

The European independent developer GRIN, once tipped for greatness after securing major contracts with Japanese publishers and Hollywood studios, could be on the verge of closure. That’s according to reports on the web, including a previously uncovered report in a Swedish newspaper that has since been corroborated by Gamasutra. According …

Co-founder of The Pirate Bay, Peter Sunde, has announced via his blog that he is to leave the file-sharing portal. Sunde has been the spokesperson for the website, and is currently facing a year in prison for infringing copyright – although this conviction is under appeal. The departure could allow …

Speculation has surfaced suggesting that widespread redundancies have taken place at Swedish developer Grin. Early reports indicate that between 100 and 160 employees may have been made redundant. Games news site Kotaku, citing anonymous sources, has suggested that the the redundancies come with Grin closing two of its several studios. …

Scandanavia's premier industry event prepares to open doors