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How law, history and an unfortunate association with Nazis influenced Swedish game development

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[Time Published September 26, 2013 at 12:48AM]

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Following a positive reaction to Ubisoft's next-gen title The Division at E3 earlier in the year, Massive Entertainment managing director David Polfeldt took it upon himself to look into why such a high number of developers based in Sweden find success in an international market.

Speaking on the subject of Swedish development culture at today's DICE Europe event in London, Polfeldt points to historical, traditional and legal aspects specific to the country as influencing the current state of games development in Sweden.

Polfeldt describes its result as a combination of functional pragmatism and storytelling. The country's long history of storytelling from its Viking days and sagas from Iceland are embedded in its culture, as is a long...

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