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After a brisk nap · 11-11-2005, 08:33 AM

Forbruker.no (in Norwegian) reports that the Scandinavian countries have jointly agreed to invest 98 mill. SEK (12 mill. USD) in a program to support the development of computer games. They believe that this will lead to more quality products being available to youths in the Nordic countries.

The money will mostly be spent on direct support for original creative properties with potential for innovation and export, on digital distribution channels, and on localization to improve the availability of games in the Scandinavian languages.

A spokesman for FunCom comments that this is a nice initiative, but that it's not enough money to make games that can compete globally. (However, I don't think the money is supposed to completely fund any games, just support the development.)

11-11-2005, 08:33 AM	#1
After a brisk nap Elegantly copy+pasted Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,773	Scandinavia gives $12 mill. to computer games--FunCom wants more Forbruker.no (in Norwegian) reports that the Scandinavian countries have jointly agreed to invest 98 mill. SEK (12 mill. USD) in a program to support the development of computer games. They believe that this will lead to more quality products being available to youths in the Nordic countries. The money will mostly be spent on direct support for original creative properties with potential for innovation and export, on digital distribution channels, and on localization to improve the availability of games in the Scandinavian languages. A spokesman for FunCom comments that this is a nice initiative, but that it's not enough money to make games that can compete globally. (However, I don't think the money is supposed to completely fund any games, just support the development.) __________________ Please excuse me. I've got to see a man about a dog.