Under de senaste 20 åren har Västra Götaland och Skövde utvecklats till att bli Sveriges
ledande plats för spelutveckling. Men det var inte en självklarhet att det skulle bli så. I början av
2000-talet hade Högskolan i Skövdes profilområde, IT-utbildningarna, alldeles för dåligt söktryck.
Efter mycket tänkande och långa workshoppar kom man fram till att slå samman flera av de
kunskaper som fanns på Högskolan för att skapa en dataspelsutbildning.
Material ConneXion är ett av världens största materialbibliotek med 10 000 avancerade, innovativa och hållbara material och tillverkningstekniker. Biblioteket är en brygga mellan industrins tekniska kunnande och de kulturella och kreativa näringarna
Färsk statistik från Dataspelsbranschen visar en stark tillväxt hos spelbolagen i Skövde: 68 procentig omsättningsökning, 39 procent ökad vinst, 44 procent fler anställda – och en 100 procentig ökning av kvinnor i bolagen. Baserat på omsättningen är Skövde Sveriges största spelutvecklingskommun efter Stockholm.
Den svenska spelindustrin levlar upp. Redan nu är den i paritet med de stora exportnäringarna järnmalm, trä och lastbilar. Mer än 30 000 fler spelutvecklare behövs till 2030. För att utveckla industrin och fortsätta vara i den globala täten initieras nu en omfattande mångmiljonsatsning av aktörer i Västra Götaland. I spetsen går Science Park Skövde och dataspelsklustret Sweden Game Arena.
With strong cutting-edge areas in game development, smart industry, and IT, it is no coincidence that company after company chooses to establish right here, in Skövde. Like a playing field, Skövde is full of opportunities for those who want to. Here you can make contacts, discover new places, lay the foundation for something new and challenge yourself. And best of all. We have room for more players.
Northvolt's non-establishment in Skövde became a brave campaign that made it all the way to a nomination of the Publishing Prize 2022 as this year's brand ad.
On Monday, the introduction begins for the new international students who begin their studies at the University of Skövde. During the pandemic, the number of international students decreased slightly, but that seems to have changed for this fall semester. More than 350 students from all over the world now come to Skövde to study, which is significantly more than previous years.
Äntligen! Nu väntar nya tider för Skövdes landmärke Billingehus. Efter några år i dvala väcker nu de nya ägarna, Lotus Hotel Group, liv i den unika byggnaden som blickar ut över Skövde högst upp på Billingen.
Sweden Game Conference is back on October 13-14 at Skövde Kulturhus with the aim of bringing the Swedish games industry together.
Under the theme Strengthening the Swedish Games Industry, Sweden Game Conference invites participants from all corners of the games industry, politicians and representatives from the Swedish innovation system to discuss this year's theme.
Svenska spelutvecklaren Stunlock Studios släppte nyligen det största och mest ambitiösa spelet de skapat. V Rising, ett överlevnadsspel för fantasyvampyrer i öppen värld finns nu ute på Steam Early Access efter en lovande stängd beta. I slutet av maj hade över 500 000 kopior av spelet sålts och 150 000 samtidiga spelare.
Se visionsfilmen om Skövde Science City - välkommen till framtidens Skövde!
New York or Skövde? Rebecca Rouse, researcher and lecturer in digital media from Georgia in the USA, chose Skövde. Her reason? New opportunities and open-minded people. Let’s connect!
A new city district is currently emerging in what is the very best location in Skövde – and it combines the best of several worlds. How about living in safe, green neighbourhoods adjacent to the city centre, the university and Skövde’s most creative companies and entrepreneurs? In Skövde Science City, homes will be mixed with business premises, meeting places and services to create a dynamic and vibrant city district.
A new city district is currently emerging in what is the very best location in Skövde – and it combines the best of several worlds. How about living in safe, green neighbourhoods adjacent to the city centre, the university and Skövde’s most creative companies and entrepreneurs? In Skövde Science City, homes will be mixed with business premises, meeting places and services to create a dynamic and vibrant city district.
Unique project empowers game studios to achieve international success
With the unique collaboration project Interlink, Science Park Skövde will gather the Swedish game clusters to support newly started gaming companies for their journey to the international market. The last stop is the games fair Gamescom in Cologne on August 24-26.
Vi hälsar företag inom smart industri välkomna till Skövde!
Det blev ju ingen batterifabrik i Skövde. Men mycket är som du ser redan klart, allt ifrån en industriyta i världsklass till den här kampanjen. Vi står redo att möta företag med framtidens idéer och lösningar. Så alla ni som vill levla upp – Game on!
Handbollslaget IFK Skövde är i SM-final! Laget sätter Skövde på kartan med sina framgångar och Skövdeborna är stolta över sitt älskade lag.
Efter en lång, kall och blöt vinter är spelet äntligen i gång för Skövde AIK. Nyligen vann de sin första match för säsongen mot Östersund och nu laddar de såklart för fler utmanande matcher med positiva resultat.
January 30 - February 5, 2023, it's time for the battle for the Swedish Championship gold when the Swedish Championship week winter is arranged in Skövde. A total of 22 sports will settle for Swedish Championship medals. New sports at the Swedish Championships week in winter in Skövde are e-cycling, simulator golf and wheelchair handball. Wrestling, draft dogs, parallel slalom and dance are back on the SM-week program again together with SC-week classics such as cross-country skiing, x-trial and rally sprint.
January 30 - February 5, 2023, it's time for the battle for the Swedish Championship gold when the Swedish Championship week winter is arranged in Skövde. A total of 22 sports will settle for Swedish Championship medals. New sports at the Swedish Championships week in winter in Skövde are e-cycling, simulator golf and wheelchair handball. Wrestling, draft dogs, parallel slalom and dance are back on the SM-week program again together with SC-week classics such as cross-country skiing, x-trial and rally sprint.
Stort grattis till den Skövdebaserade spelstudion iron gate som med sitt spel populära spela Valheim tog hem priset för bästa nykomling på den stora spelmässan Game Developers Choise Awards i San Francisco.
Perhaps Paula and Flor may inspire you. Two young girls from Argentina who left Berlin for Skövde and a career with game development studio Palindrome, despite having only googled the city.
Is it possible to run a successful company with high-tech activities in a rural location? “Of course,” says Sam Svännel, Managing Director of Elos Medtech in Timmersdala.
Can you take the world by storm via digital invoicing solutions? Absolutely! Just take a look at Skövde company InExchange, which has a million businesses linked to its payment network.
Artists in residence are found at all art museums today, aren’t they? Certainly! But Skövde takes the concept to a new level. With open arms and curiosity about the surrounding world, artists from around the world enrich the art scene in Skövde.
Young voices are valuable in Skövde. So valuable that the municipality has appointed youth municipal development officers to have their say in development of issues relating to their age group.
Skövde is a vibrant place – home to residents keen to develop, expanding companies and a variety of clubs and societies that engage and inspire adults and children every day to come together and get active.
A collective project is under way in Södra Ryd, which is the largest city district in Skövde, home to 6,300 residents, involving urban redevelopment with the overall aim of counteracting segregation and promoting equal conditions for everyone living and growing up in the area. One way forward is interacting with clubs and societies. Being an active member of a club or society is a tradition that is deeply rooted among Swedes, but is not equally evident in other parts of the world. Area development officers in Södra Ryd have taken this on board with the ESA project.
It turned out to be a good thing that Carl Erik Josef Nyberg felt it took too long to change compressed air tools and that their performance was poor when working at Miloverkstaden Skövde in the mid 1950s. Then as now, Skövde is good at transforming ideas and innovations into products and companies. Naturally Carl Erik had a solution to his problem, so he obtained a patent for his idea and set up CEJN – a company that now has 350 employees.
