‘Valheim’; the latest hit video game set in the vital and violent world of the Vikings.
BRUSSELS: If you’ve felt a recent urge to unleash your inner Viking, you’re not alone: millions of people have been riding the waves, swigging mead and slaying the enemy in a craze for the video game “Valheim”.
Designed by a tiny Swedish games studio, “Valheim” has proved an unexpected smash-hit, selling five million copies since its early-access release last month on the online gaming platform Steam.
At one point, more than half a million people were playing online simultaneously.
“We didn’t expect this kind of success at all,” said Henrik Tornqvist, co-founder of Iron Gate, the company behind it.
“We are overwhelmed, humbled, and under a lot of pressure.”
The five-strong team that developed the survival game have not…
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