👀 PSX-style simulator-horror game ‘M.O.L.E.’ from Stockholm-based Off Black Creations has been announced with a Q1 2026 release date (watch: the trailer)

🚌 RV There Yet? Announced, released: Skövde-based developers Nuggets Entertainment announced and released ‘RV There Yet?’ which became an instant hit, peaking at over 100,000 concurrent players on Steam, selling over 2,5 million copies (via: Sweden Game Arena)

🌲 Team17 signs Silver Pines: UK-based publisher Team17 have signed the survival horror metroidvania game ‘Silver Pines’ from Stockholm-based studio Wych Elm, releasing in 2026 (watch: the trailer)

💀 New co-op dungeon crawler: Grip Jaw, a new studio formed by Valheim-devs have announced their side-project ‘Begraved’ - a first-person co-op dungeon crawler (watch: the trailer)

🥳 ARC Raiders released to massive success: Embark Studios have released the long-awaited third-person extraction shooter game ‘ARC Raiders’ - selling over 4 million copies (via: Nexon)

💰 Behold Ventures invests in 2 studios: Stockholm-based Behold Ventures have announced they are investing in 2 swedish studios. Stockholm-based The Gang Studio (a new spin-off studio from The Gang) and Umeå-based Winterkeep Interactive

☠️ New cosmic horror game: Stockholm-based Hitbox Games have announced their debut title ‘Crathos Deep’ - described as a “cosmic horror narrative adventure” (watch: the trailer)

🎉 Simogo celebrates 15 years with new collection: Malmö-based Simogo celebrates 15 years by announcing the ‘Simogo Legacy Collection’ - a collection of 7 games released between 2010-2015 (watch: the trailer)

Indie publisher ‘Neon Doctrine’ to merge into Raw Fury: Taiwan-based publisher Neon Doctrine will merge into its sister company Raw Fury "as part of broader restructuring". Neon Doctrine was founded in 2015, and is owned by parent company Combined Effect (via: gamesindustry.biz)

Ubisoft Rolls Out Voluntary Redundancies At Massive Entertainment: “Ubisoft is scaling back Massive Entertainment, rolling out a voluntary redundancy scheme. In a statement, Ubisoft describes this as part of a "transition" into focusing on The Division, something which seemingly involves downscaling its operations.” (via: thegamer)

Sharkmob confirms "difficult but necessary" restructuring, unknown number of jobs at risk: Tencent-owned Malmö-based studio Sharkmob has confirmed planned job losses due to market conditions - confirming work on ‘Exoborne’ will continue (via gamesindustry.biz)