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International Business Times
International Business Times
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Johannes LEDEL

Sweden's Small Game Studios Punching Above Their Weight

'Minecraft' was first developed by one person, Markus 'Notch' Persson (Credit: AFP)

"Minecraft", "Valheim", and "Raft", just to name a few: Small or even one-man teams from Sweden have produced more video game hits than one would expect from a small country.

"It's the cold weather -- you sit inside, you game, you don't really have anything to do outside," Philip Westre, who co-founded the small game developer Landfall, mused when asked to explain the success of Sweden's gaming industry.

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