GameTap writes: "While you've probably come across gamers of all nationalities during PC, Xbox Live, or PlayStation Network gaming sessions, you might think of game development as something that happens just in the U.S., Japan, and the U.K. Well, you'd be wrong. Though some traditional development hot spots, like France, have cooled down significantly, developers are thriving in areas such as Scandinavia, which consists of Norway, Denmark, Sweden, and Finland. Popular franchises such as Hitman, Battlefield, and Max Payne all originate from Northern Europe. In many ways Scandinavian game development has in recent years dominated over the traditional European development hotbeds such as the U.K. and Germany.
Each of these countries differs greatly from one another in terms of language and culture, but if there is one thing in common in Scandinavian game development, it's the high quality of technology and the do-everything-yourself mentality. In fact, almost every Scandinavian developer creates its own technology as opposed to using middleware. Here are the cream of the crop."
Alan Wake, from Max Payne and Control creator Remedy, is a horror classic, prompting one player to buy 4,000 copies that don’t even work.
Kind of a goody story...
On a serious note, that is why I try activating gift cards asap. It's happened to me where the store didnt scan it right where the card was unusuable. Happened at Wally World.
I just bought two of the MonsterVerse Godzilla movies on 4K - both had digital copies expiring in 2023. Both were actually expired.
I'd be surprised but it's WB, of course they'd actually expire them
Usually most of those redemption card have an expiry date on them. If they expired all buyer did was buy recycled paper. And some of those codes are country locked to certain countries. I buy a card from the States I can't use it in Canada.
Dumb and silly story. She wasted her money for no reason.
Is it really that hard to go to Steam or GOG. She spent $240, when its currently 70% off on GOG, and only costs $4.49.
Gee, I wonder, should I spend $240 on eBay, or $4.49 on GOG? 🙄
Most likely she wanted to resell a few or most of them. However, it was a too good to be true situation.
So in short she paid $240.00 assuming usd for a bunch on unactivated game codes.
I still don't understand why I guess cause there's not a physical version and she wanted something for a collection or art project.
Alan Wake 2 continues the writer's story, 13 years later.
Remedy has Alan Wake merch on sale, including a pretty blue thermos. Unfortunately, things haven’t gone according to plan, and many players who want a thermos find themselves without one, though it does appear that Remedy is attempting to fix things. Nevertheless, it has resulted in a lot of upset, illustrating just how much the thermos means to Alan Wake fans.
Finland isn't a part of Scandinavia.