There sure are a lot of things threatening the survival of our oceans. From over-fishing to sunscreens, it really does seem as if there's a lot of rehabilitation to be done for our oceans. But did you know that even a dead algae can cause problems for the waters? Yes, that's what a recent study have revealed: dead algae causes low oxygenation in our oceans. And we know how important oxygen is for all that is living in our planet -- whether on land or underwater.

Reports have come in that the PC version of Funcom's Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures (the Xbox 360 version is still in the works) has dethroned Grand Theft Auto 4 (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3) from the sales list in both Germany and Sweden. However, both games were not able to stand up to the might of Wii Play in Spain. Care to find out more? Check out the full article.

Surfer Girl may have been on to something during her November post from last year. A Swedish gaming magazine hints that Nintendo is working on a Wii version of Sega's first two Shenmue games, originally released to the ill-fated Dreamcast system. Details are available in the full article.

We got an update on the upcoming Nordic Game Conference which is set to happen in a few weeks in Sweden. Things are definitely shaping up as the top names from the industry gather for the multidisciplinary Game Creation Sessions. Find out who they are in the full article.

One topic that this year's Nordic Game conference aims to discuss is regarding game development. To this end, Nordic's organizers have unveiled their initial line-up of professional programmers who will be giving talks at the event grounds. Details are available in the full article.

The world's oldest tree root system - almost twice as old as the current record-holder listed in the Guinness Book of World Records - has been discovered by a group of Swedish researchers in a province in northern Sweden. Hit the full article for all the details.

Things are definitely taking shape with the upcoming Nordic Game conference 2008 which is set to happen in two months time in Malmö, Sweden. It's been revealed that producers of Lego Star Wars and Rock Band will be the Keynote speakers in this event. Find out the details after the jump!

Remember those connection issues World of Warcraft players were experiencing in Europe due to Cogent? Thundgot dropped by the MMORPG's official forums earlier with an update on this matter, which apparently has something to do with Sweden's TeliaSonera phone company. Details are up ahead in the full article.

Keeping your fingers crossed for the latest 411 on the Dreamhack World of Warcraft Tournament over in Sweden? In case you missed out on the event's grand final bouts, here's an info snippet that should help. The tournament's fight videos for this Blizzard MMORPG's grand finals, winner's bracket and the loser's brackets have been uploaded for viewing. More details on are available in the full article.

Blizzard's forum moderator for MMORPG World of Warcraft Thundgot announced that their company will be attending the world's largest LAN party and computer festival DreamHack Winter 2007.

The event will start on November 20 and will end on December 2 in Jonkoping, Sweden. Thundgot wasn't able to mention what specific titles Blizzard will be bringing into the event but fans can expect to see hit games WoW and StarCraft among others. More details after the jump!