Hilmar Pétursson stated this in an interview with GamesIndustry.biz . In his opinion, the history of the creation of MMO, metaverses and other large-scale game worlds can be traced back to the medieval Icelandic sagas. For example, before the “Younger Edda”, which reads like a script for video games.

CCP Games has launched an online course dedicated to human relationships and creating real connections through video games. It was prepared jointly with the University of Iceland and is based on the company’s experience in the development of EVE Online. The program is based on the stories of real players of the popular MMO.The course is called “Friendship Machines: Creating a New Type of Human Relationship” (Friendship Machine: Forming a New Type of Human Connection)…

The Icelandic company Teatime Games received $9 million of investments at the seed stage of financing. The studio will direct the raised funds to the development of social games.

The Icelandic studio CCP has curtailed work on projects in virtual reality and does not plan to develop new similar titles.