Sweden
When enough is enough
As a woman, you should be able to say what you want, be who you want, dress the way you want – and still be taken as serious as a man. Amplifier Game Invest executive Linn-Marie Edlund grew up loving games and saw no limit to what she could do within the gaming world. Then she met men who thought otherwise. So she quit. But only for a while. Now she’s back, with an important message.
The stray dogs from Argentina, and their humans
Tita and Lexa escaped their lives as stray dogs in Buenos Aires, to a small town in Sweden. They also brought their humans, Paula Cal and Flor Coletta, with them on their journey. Or was it the other way around? Anyway, Paula and Flor also happen to be skilled games developers who are currently working on a new strategy game at Palindrome Interactive.
Why horse games is a thing
Horse games have actually been big since the 90’s, yet they are rarely discussed in neither games media nor among games collectors. Thomas Sunhede, Retro Games Advisor at Embracer, dives into the Games Archive and tries to understand why this is.
The success of Valheim and the people behind it all
With eight million copies sold, the Viking survival game Valheim is one of this year’s great success stories in the games industry. This is the story of how it all started and where it’s going from here. Meet Iron Gate studio founder Henrik Törnqvist, community manager Lisa Kolfjord and publisher Sebastian Badylak of Coffee Stain Studios.
The ups and downs of a bipolar streamer
Content warning: This video contains discussions about mental health and suicide. Jace Varlet is a popular community manager at Coffee Stain Studios, reaching thousands each week in his streams. But once the camera is off, another reality awaits. Jace suffers from bipolar II disorder, a chronic mental illness, characterized by periods of severe depression and hypomania.
Adventure Vision and the other turtles
Once again we sent game historian Martin Lindell into the secret vault, where Embracer Group’s growing game collection is stored. This time he found something really rare – a tabletop arcade machine called Adventure Vision, from 1982.
The fabulous times as community manager for Valheim
”It’s a mixture of excitement and horror”, says Lisa Kolfjord. Late last year she was hired as a 3D artist and community manager by a small indie studio, developing their first game. The game was called Valheim. When it was released in February, Valheim became a huge hit, with millions of players. As the person in charge of such a big player community, Lisa Kolfjord’s working life has changed. A lot.
A tale of two very empty game studios
A story of a lonely coffee machine, a bank vault, something that looks like a prison courtyard, and having really bad timing when renting new office spaces.
Early access to the Embracer Group games archive
Deep down in a secret vault, Embracer Group’s growing game collection is stored at the moment. But we have early access, and game historian Martin Lindell has picked out a selection of classics from the archive, to show us. We’ll soon be back with more stories from the collection.
Gamechangers
Nathalie, Hannah and Anna grew up as nerdy girls, not really finding their place in the world. Not until they realized that making games was actually a job. And that they were good at it.
