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Earlier this month, it was revealed that a Swedish "bishounen" (beautiful young boy) named "Yohio" will be making his debut in Japan this spring. More »
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Sweden's Pirate Party had a booth all paid for at this weekend's Gamex, the nation's largest video games expo, until someone from Gamex came to their senses, phoned the pirates and said GTFO. The real head-scratcher is why, as Piratpartiet says, they were invited in the first place. More »
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The grim-faced soldier gracing the packshot of Battlefield 3 has a history with the series. He's Dennis Lennartsson, a motion-capture actor selected by DICE to star on the cover of this year's game. More »
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For the past 15 years, Sweden's Yami has been cosplaying. While others might favor cool or cute characters, Yami specializes in zombies, gore, and the stuff of nightmares. More »
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Swedish feet-glove purveyors Happy Socks have teamed up with Minecraft developers Mojang to offer a range of...socks based on the hit world-building game. And as lame as that sounds, they're actually pretty damn cool. More »
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In a recent interview with Develop, Minecraft creator Markus "Notch" Persson discusses EA CEO John Riccitiello's visit to the Stockholm headquarters of Mojang, saying that any acquisition hopes Riccitiello might have had were quashed by the independent studio's vibe. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5828127&view=rss&microfeed=true Which Swedish indie superstar developer just popped the question to his sweetheart? One clue: His game is such a hit he specifically mentioned he won't be having a wedding crafted in that theme. More »
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Tony Holmsten, formerly of Sweden now living in Japan, has been working as a video game artist since 2002 at two of Sweden's biggest studio's, Battlefield developers DICE and the now-defunct Grin. More »
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In a feature story published today in Sweden, the founders of GRIN lay their studio's precipitous demise at Square Enix's feet, saying the publisher reneged on payments during the development of a Final Fantasy game and saddled them with ridiculous requirements as the project went sour. More »
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The 3DS's line-up is slimmer in Sweden. Fighting game Dead or Alive: Dimensions isn't currently on the website for Bergasala, a Nintendo game distributor. There might be a good reason for that. More »
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According to Swedish reports, cops in the city of Helsingborg suspect that fifteen teens have moved beyond energy drinks to stay awake while gaming and are snorting cocaine. Apparently, these youngsters have too much money. More »
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Game designer (and musical maestro) Simon Viklund has had some adjusting to do over the past few years, watching a game series he was once a driving force behind end up in the arms of another man. Well, team. More »
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In Sweden, a team of cops stormed a couple's home after a neighbor reported that five people were beating the crap out of a woman. Turns out they were all playing boxing on Kinect Sports. More »
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Swedish student Jenni Källberg - otherwise known as the world's greatest Metroid cosplayer - is back, taking imitation of Nintendo's sci-fi starlet to a whole new level. More »
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This is a sequel of sorts to 2009's amazing "8-Bit Trip", by Swedes remdreglade. They're back, with a new name (Ninja Moped) and a mind-blowing series of "gameplay" videos of NES games made with nothing but LEGO. More »
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Adorable. By jnkboy, for the 50th issue of Sweden's classy Level magazine. More »
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It's so simple; all you need is a mirror, some blue paint, and a love for Valve's masterpiece in virtual teleportation. More »
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OK, there's a sprite or two in the mouse cursor. But that's about all you'll find in The Dream Machine, an adventure game made entirely out of "clay and cardboard". More »
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As seen on a local Swedish newspaper by Spell of Play. More »
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Swedish online store Webhallen.com briefly carried a listing for the Crysis 2 Nano Edition priced at the equivalent of nearly $200. What Crysis 2 swag could be worth that much? More »
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Chicago's Jonathan Toews is the global cover athlete for NHL 11 but EA Sports shows some love for other nations, putting Henrik and Daniel Sedin on the cover for the game sold in Sweden, and Mark Streit for Switzerland's version. More »
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It's raining here at the moment, so I'd like to start your day with some cheery music and sunshine, courtesy of Southend's adorable puzzler Ilomilo. More »
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Global dairy superpower Arla sure knows how to sell milk in Sweden: with Starfox, on the Super Nintendo. More »
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On Friday, a new Swedish film opens in, wait for it, Sweden. The picture is a parody of cop shows and is called Kommisarie Späck (Detective Blubber). The lead female character doesn't look like she's from police dramas. More »
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There are few better ways to end your Wednesday (or start your Thursday!) than with a game you'd previously never even heard of, but now can't wait to actually play. Today's case in point: ilomilo. More »
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Konami's scary franchise Silent Hill getting a Swedish stage send up. How frightening. Kidding! More »
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On November 26, photographer/digital artist Julie will be singing with 8-bit chiptune musician Hally in Sweden at DreamHack, the world's largest LAN-party and computer festival. More »
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A balky Internet hookup is said to have triggered a Swedish Starcraft enthusiast's random knife attack of a 15-year-old girl. More »
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An anonymous tipster attended GRIN's going-out-of-business sale at the closed studio's offices in Stockholm and snapped several pictures that seem to be of its work on, among other things, the Final Fantasy game it was rumored to be making for Square Enix. More »
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We don't normally enjoy loitering around what is essentially a corpse, but when it's a Final Fantasy game that was in production at a Swedish studio, well, you can excuse us for being curious. More »
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There were the faintest of rumblings about this a couple of months ago, but now that GRIN are officially out of business, it can come to light that they'd been working on...a Final Fantasy game. More »
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Poor GRIN. For a little while there, people were excited with the games the Swedish devs were putting out! Then they went and released some awful, awful games. And now they're on the brink of oblivion. More »
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According to a posting on the website of Nordic rocker band Opeth, THQ's sandbox title Saints Row is coming to the PSP. Did you know this? I didn't. *throws up devil's horns* More »
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That's Swedish for "the slammer." Bo Eriksson, lesser known for his role heading the failed portable called Gizmondo, more known for bizarre behavior including wrecked cars and arson threats, is headed there. More »
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Not a headline you'd expect to read first thing on a Monday, granted, but it's true: Nintendo's lawyers have made a small dental surgery in Malmö, Sweden, change its name. More »
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While some online games have problems with real-money transactions, Swedish MMO Entropia Universe has no such issues. Indeed, it's so responsible that publishers MindArk have been granted a proper banking license. More »
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Gizmondo are itching for a rematch with the market. And this time, no Ferraris. Problem is, there's an economic downturn going on at the moment, which means Gizmondo 2 isn't in the best shape. More »
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In the annals of largely pointless Flash games with something to say about the hidden rules that govern social interaction... well those annals pretty much start and end with Metro Rules Of Conduct. More »
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How can a European guild have possibly defeated all three of Wrath of the Lich King's major PVE raids in the span of three days? It's simple - dedication. The kind of dedication that leads a 15-year-old Swedish boy to play the game until he goes into convulsions and passes out. That's exactly what a teen in Laholm, Sweden did this past weekend, after getting together with six friends for a marathon gaming session. More »
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Thieves have stolen two trucks from the docks in the Swedish city of Gothenburg. Inside the trucks were "thousands" of red, black and white DS Lite handhelds, valued at "millions" of Sweden's awesomely-named Kronor. For a country which is already suffering from a shortage of DS units, this is bad news, as the theft will leave many retailers without any DS to sell this Christmas. Police suspect it was an inside job, we'd like to think it was a crack Sony-funded team of truck-driving ninja thieves. More »
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