From 'Minecraft' to 'Valheim', Sweden conquers gaming world
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From 'Minecraft' to 'Valheim', Sweden conquers gaming world
STOCKHOLM (AFP) - Sweden has given the world music stars like ABBA and Robyn, but its biggest cultural export these days is video games, which now rival the country’s traditional shipments of iron ore and paper.
Industry levels up
"Valheim", a Viking-themed survival game, is the latest to rise to fame, with five million copies sold since its early-access release last month.
It follows a long line of global successes such as "Minecraft", "Candy Crush Saga", and critically-acclaimed artistic games such as "Unravel" that have catapulted Sweden into the top echelons of the gaming world.