Swedish Games Industry is a partnership organization that
represents the industry in the public. The organization consists of
the trade organizations Spelplan-ASGD (developers and producers)
and MDTS (publishers and distributors).
Dataspelsbranschen/Näringspunkten
Visiting adress: Klara norra kyrkogata 31
Post adress: Box 3139, SE-103 62 Stockholm, Sweden
MDTS is the trade association for publishers and
distributors of interactive entertainment. The board consists of
people from the membership companies. Johan Mannerhill is the
chairman of the board and Maria Tjärnlund is the managing
director.
MDTS works with information, statistics, government contact and
international cooperation. The mission included the official chart
of best selling games and promoting the Pan-European age rating
system PEGI.
The value of the Swedish market was 3 billion SEK in 2008 and more
than 7.7 million games were sold.
Members of MDTS: 505 Games, Activision Blizzard, Bergsala,
Electronic Arts, Game Outlet Europe, Koch Media Konami, Microsoft,
Namco Bandai Partners, Nordic Game Supply, Nordic Softsales,
Nordisk Film Distribution, Pan Vision, Ubisoft, Warner Bros and
Wendros.
Spelplan-Association of Swedish Game Developers is the
trade association for game developers and producers in Sweden. The
purpose of the organization is to create a better enviroment for a
steady growth in the industry. The board consists of people from
the membership companies. Chairman of the board is Johan
Kristiansson and Per Strömbäck is managing director.
Spelplan-ASGD works with information, international contacts,
subsidies for the industry, quality assured higher education,
coordination of research and human resources related issues among
other questions.
In 2008 more than 1300 people worked with game development in
Sweden.
Members of Spelplan-ASGD: Avalanche
Studios, Bajoum Interactive, The Bearded Ladies Consulting,
Coldwood Interactive, DDM Agents, Donya Labs, EA
DICE, Expansive
Worlds, Fabrication Games,
Hansoft, ICE Game Studios, Illuminate Labs, Image & Form,
Imagination Studios, Localize Direct, Muskedunder
Interactive, Paradox
Interactive, Planeto, Play
'N Go, Raketspel, Redikod,
Resolution Interactive, Sim
Bin, SouthEnd Interactive, Starbreeze, Tarsier Studios, Tenstar,
Ubisoft Massive och Zordix.
Support members: Allopass, Bird & Bird, Chalmers University of Technology, Dreamhack, Department of Computer and Systems Sciences at Stockholm University, Future Games Academy, Swedish National Defence Collage, The Games Assembly MMÖ, Gothia Science Park/The Game Incubator, Netport Karlshamn, Pan Vision, University of Skövde, Tension Graphics (Playground Squad) and The Fundation Teknikdalen.





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