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The first ever video game made in Finland, a chess-game called Chesmac for the Telmac, had been published in 1979. [11] Larger scale game publishing started in 1984, when AmerSoft (software branch of Amer conglomerate) published four games for Commodore devices: Mehulinja, Myyräjahti, Herkkusuu and Raharuhtimas. The games' user interface was ...
Since August 2008, all video game titles of the Grand Theft Auto series have been completely banned in Thailand, [237] because of a case where an 18-year-old Thai player supposedly influenced by Grand Theft Auto killed a taxi driver from Bangkok. [238] The ban, however, does not extend to the digital PC versions of Grand Theft Auto V. [239]
[2] [3] [4] Consumers in Germany spent €5.87 billion on video games over the course of 2021, a 3 percent year-on-year increase from 2020. [5] The video game market in Germany grew by 6 percent to €6.2 billion ($6.7 billion) in 2019. [6] The annual Gamescom in Cologne is the world's largest video game expo by number of attendees. [7]
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The company's success has helped to establish Finland as a leading player in the mobile game industry and has helped to create a thriving ecosystem for game development in the country. [2] In August 2023, Sega bought Rovio for US$776 million and was made a subsidiary of the Sega Europe division. [3] [4]
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Association football is the most played team sport in terms of the number of players in the country. [339] [340] Finland's national basketball team has received widespread public attention. [341] In terms of medals and gold medals won per capita, Finland is the best-performing country in Olympic history. [342]