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Probably the best website in the world.

Eurogamer Network's new best friends have just launched another localised European website.

Say hej to Eurogamer Denmark, where "White Stripes man slags off music games" becomes "White Stripes græder over musikspil".

Eurogamer already has websites in France, Spain, Germany, Italy, Portugal, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic and Romania. No one will ever play us at Risk for money.

"We've had great success with our expansion across Europe so far," commented Rupert Loman, managing director of Eurogamer, signalling Bertie to dust off the map and fetch a new pin.

"We're very happy to be launching Eurogamer in Denmark, and together with our help we expect Kristian and his team to create a fantastic site for the region."

"Eurogamer is a true icon in European gaming and I'm proud to be part of the Danish expansion," added Kristian West, editor-in-chief of Eurogamer.dk.

"Personally I look forward to sharing with Danish gamers this fresh take on our games and the vast industry behind them. We have some great stuff lined up for the launch, and we have assembled a growing team of brilliant Danish writers to contribute to the unique content found in the Eurogamer Network." Roll on Hans Christian Andersen's review of Wii Sports Resort.

About Ellie Gibson

Since joining Eurogamer in the mid 2000s, Ellie has written about subjects as diverse as the fall of Gizmondo, the rise of Hollyoaks actresses in Red Alert games and the noise a bear makes under NSFW circumstances.

Read more articles from Ellie by visiting the Ellie Gibson archive page.

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Darren #1 3 years ago

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Well that's no good... it's not in English, dammit!
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Dizzy #2 3 years ago

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Pity about the beer.
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Psychotext #3 3 years ago

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World domination continues...

I'm still waiting for NotEurogamer to launch in the US.
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lemonfist #4 3 years ago

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Hans Christian Andersen once did a pretty glowing review of a sunset, but I'm sure he'd like Wii Sports Resort better.
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carlitoswagon #5 3 years ago

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Good pastry I hear.
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Miths #6 3 years ago

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As a Dane I can't say I really felt there was a need for this - we (fortunately) don't have localized games here and I imagine many if not most of us are used to the vast majority of the sites we visit online being in English (the only Danish sites I frequent are online stores and the daily TV and weather information ). Although perhaps I'm greatly overestimating that number?

But anyway, good luck to Eurogamer.dk.
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seasidebaz #7 3 years ago

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LOL @ "256 skydegale fanboys online på én gang?"
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neilka #8 3 years ago

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bacon/10
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Bigglesworth #9 3 years ago

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"We've had great success with our expansion across Europe so far,"

I think Hitler said the same thing.
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Siberian_Khatru #10 3 years ago

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Why not put that eurogamer.ru domain to good use? Similar Russian sites are hideous, people will readily succumb to corporate charm. Or not. Don't blame me if you fail! MySpace is abandoning Russia because the competition is too strong. Still, worth a try.
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insincere_dave #11 3 years ago

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Any news of when Eurogamer Andorra, Vatican City and Lichtenstein are due to launch?
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The-Builder #12 3 years ago

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I'm afraid i'll mainly keep visiting eurogamer.net, unless Ellie starts posting articles and reviews in danish on the site. Just won't be the same without her. Also the british humor doesn't really translate that well.
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Janyamik #13 3 years ago

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The fact is that in Europe in some genres like fps, rts, click & point or indie games (most of them "born in the U.S.A" there are a lot of very interesting developers which brings a lot of fun for everyone!
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Widge #14 3 years ago

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Hmm, der er ikke oprettet nogen tråde her endnu!
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Lemming81 #15 3 years ago

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Is fracturing the community this much really in your best interests EG?
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X201 #16 3 years ago

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"Is fracturing the community this much really in your best interests EG?"

Its part of Raupers evil master plan, to set Eurogamer faction against Eurogamer faction at to sit laughing on top of a mountain whilst he watches the whole of Europe tear itself apart at his behest.
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Skurmedel #17 3 years ago

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The community seems pretty fractured already with the endless console wars going in every thread.
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kendoji #18 3 years ago

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I also wonder if this is really a good idea. I'm Danish myself, though I live in Amsterdam, but would always come to the UK version as I'm sure there's more content and people. For the Germans and French it makes more sense, but us Danes speak good English.
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mexalen #19 3 years ago

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I only visited eurogamer.de once, and it just wasnt the same... they lack the sass and witt of the brits
good luck to the danes, anyway.
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Beano #20 3 years ago

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"I think Hitler said the same thing."

LOL!!
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rauper Verified Managing Director, Eurogamer Network #21 3 years ago

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Lemming81: It's not fracturing really, as those who have always read the English site can continue to and the existence of a local site shouldn't make any difference to their browsing habits. But those who want to read a site in their local language now can - there are plenty of people who don't want to (or can't!) read an English-language site.
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Beano #22 3 years ago

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"Well that's no good... it's not in English, dammit! "

Surt for dig
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skillian #23 3 years ago

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lykønskningen!
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Canyarion #24 3 years ago

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Does anyone read the non-UK Eurogamers? I never go to the Dutch one. Sometimes I take a look at the French site, just to see how much I can understand.
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AphoticCosmos #25 3 years ago

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So when are the tanks moving in?
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neonxaos #26 3 years ago

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I've been a prolific reviewer for several Danish gaming sites for many years. Where do I sign up?
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TheHaacon #27 3 years ago

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Kan vi ikke få en norsk eurogamer??
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TheHaacon #28 3 years ago

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Kan vi ikke få en norsk eurogamer??
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GreyBeard #29 3 years ago

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With all this expansion going on why not cross-post review scores from the different national sites?

I mean you might not understand the text, but a score is as international as it gets. And a second/third/fourth opinion is always welcome.
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Hexagon #30 3 years ago

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It's good to see a European video game website such as Eurogamer expand in Europe. With the vast amount of American video game websites, it feels like European gamers hardly have a presence.
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MORZTAN #31 3 years ago

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Hold da op!! Det kom godt nok bag på mig
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Hexagon #32 3 years ago

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@ GreyBeard

Are you referring to a system that is similar to the one IGN uses? They post the UK, US and the Australian score on the same video game summary page.
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Miths #33 3 years ago

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"... there are plenty of people who don't want to (or can't!) read an English-language site."

Denmark is such a small country that - as I previously mentioned - I rather suspect most of us are used to English language sites making up for a large part of our web surfing (around 99.9% for me personally), and if anyone here below the age of 40 (or older for that matter) doesn't have at least a serviceable grasp of English they should perhaps have spent a little less time sleeping in school.
Although I guess many probably did just that so maybe Eurogamer Denmark will actually get a few visitors .
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Miths #34 3 years ago

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Double post.

Edited by 1 at 25/06/09 @ 16:22
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GreyBeard #35 3 years ago

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@Hexagon

Yup.
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dingo75 #36 3 years ago

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Does anyone read the non-UK Eurogamers? I never go to the Dutch one. Sometimes I take a look at the French site, just to see how much I can understand.

I frequent the .de version regularly mainly because some of the editors are from my former favorite German PC game magazine (PC Action).
The UK version however is 3rd page I visit in the morning (after a general news site and a game forum).

Welcome .dk to the flock and good luck!

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AOFanboi #37 3 years ago

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Well, the national sites can cover national issues, e.g. the German site has lots of discussion about the politicans who want to extend the child porn filtering to violent video games... z.B. hier: [link url=http://www.eurogame r.de/articles/netzfilter-kommt-cdu-pruft-sperrung-von-killer spiel-inhalten
]http://ww w.eurogamer.de/articles/netzfil...[/link]

But a Danish site? I mean there is just so many threads you can create about Carlsberg dominance being a threat to local breweries...
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Hexagon #38 3 years ago

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@ Canyarion

The Eurogamer Network would hardly continue with its expansion through Europe if it didn't seem worthwhile.
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Farzlepot #39 3 years ago

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It is at this point that I am reminded of a video depicting Tesco invading Denmark.

http://www .youtube.com/watch?v=0PSyiRXIEyc
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Menace #40 3 years ago

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It seems you can't use the eurogamer.net login on the eurogamer.dk site - that's a shame - or am I doing it wrong!?
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CrumpetBoy #41 3 years ago

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I read Eurogamer.de to practise my German (Ich lerne Deutsch für meine Arbeit) and because the scores are sometimes different to the UK... I don't see it as fragmenting: Europe is united only by its differences.
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Canyarion #42 3 years ago

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Menace has a good point.
I hate it that I have to make separate accounts for every Eurogamer website. Why no universal login?
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Articulate-Troll #43 3 years ago

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"It seems you can't use the eurogamer.net login on the eurogamer.dk site - that's a shame - or am I doing it wrong!?"

I just gave it a try and I could. Not that I speak Danish mind. \O/
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arn #44 3 years ago

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Wow... that came as a surprise. I am half Danish and half German, and a regular visitor at the German Eurogamer site for a second opinion. Now I can also go to the Danish site for a third opinion. Thanks..
But why not integrate the different language sites a bit better? Like showing all the review scores and a little comment from all the other Eurogamer sites on Eurogamer.net reviews?
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Tabasco #45 3 years ago

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Heh! Congrats to the newest member of the clan. Not quite sure why but the subheader to the ArmA II review made me giggle -

Stort. Ambitiøst. Hardcore.

\o/
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Cider-X #46 3 years ago

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Nej tak.
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kristianen #47 3 years ago

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"Why no universal login? " - well, it is, in fact
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dominalien #48 3 years ago

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I read the .es site to keep in touch with my Spanish.

Who do I get in touch with to participate in creating Eurogamer Poland?
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dominalien #49 3 years ago

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@designerheadache

If you mean "no post back" as "I post a comment and get a blank page" then I just got that on FF3 and Linux.

EDIT: And just got that again when posting the second comment.

EDIT2: And again when editing the 2nd comment.

Edited by 2 at 26/06/09 @ 09:09
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morriss #50 3 years ago

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Jeg kan skrive perfekt dansk, har journalistisk erfaring, og blev ikke tilbudet et job???
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Ranger101 #51 3 years ago

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ColonialGamer for Aussies and Americans.
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Miths #52 3 years ago

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"If you mean "no post back" as "I post a comment and get a blank page" then I just got that on FF3 and Linux."

Same here with Opera in Vista. Yesterday at least - let's see if this one goes through without giving me a blank page.

Edit: It did .

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flashheart #53 3 years ago

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@ morriss
It would be even more perfect danish if you wrote "tilbudt"
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butler` #54 3 years ago

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can't see a demand for danish language videogames journalism tbh, given that every Danish gamer I know reads English/American publications

else i'd have done this myself
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AphoticCosmos #55 3 years ago

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@ Arn

That's a really good idea, the only other EG site that I have ever visited for a second opinion is .es, because I like to brush up on my admittedly awful spanish from time to time, but maybe some kind of comparison grid at the bottom of each review with the scores from each national site?
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