Sex kategorier, 46 nominerade och nordens absolut bästa spelmakare. I morgon går den sjätte upplagan av Nordic Game Awards av stapeln I Malmö som en del av den årliga Nordic Game Conference. Man kommer att ha prisutdelning till de bästa spelen under förra året. Kategorierna och nomineringarna ser ut såhär:
Best Nordic Game of the Year
– Battlefield 3 (EA DICE, Sweden)
– Renegade Ops (Avalanche, Sweden)
– Where’s my Heart? (Die Gute Fabrik, Denmark)
– Minecraft (Mojang, Sweden)
– Trine 2 (Frozenbyte, Finland)
– Syndicate (Starbreeze, Sweden)
– Battlestar Galactica (Artplant, Norway)
Best Nordic Children’s Game
– Moogies (Plain Vanilla, Iceland)
– Gnarts World (Snowcastle, Norway)
– Elleville Elfrid & Elleville Elfrids Vinterleker (Rock Pocket Games/Kool Produktion AS, Norway)
– Lego Duplo (LEGO, Denmark)
– Paint Splash (Knapnok Games, Denmark)
– Toca Boca Tea Party (Toca Boca/Brickmark, Sweden)
– Vinter I Blåfjell (Ravn Studio, Norway)
– Star Stable (World of Horsecraft, Sweden)
Best Nordic Handheld Game
– The Marbians (Progressive Media/Nordisk Film, Denmark)
– Anthill (Image&Form, Sweden)
– Sprinkle (Mediocre, Sweden)
– Draw Race 2 (RedLynx, Finland)
– Super Stardust Delta (Housemarque, Finland)
– Death Rally (Remedy, Mountain Sheep, Cornfox Brothers, Finland)
– Touchgrind BMX (Illusion Labs, Sweden)
– Joining Hands (10tons, Finland)
– Neon Zone (House on Fire, Denmark)
Best Artistic Achievement
– Where’s my Heart? (Die Gute Fabrik, Denmark)
– Anthill (Image&Form, Sweden)
– Gnarts World (Snowcastle, Norway)
– Outland (Housemarque, Finland)
– Trine 2 (Frozenbyte, Finland)
– Bullet Time (Kiloo, Denmark)
– Battlefield 3 (EA DICE, Sweden)
– Syndicate (Starbreeze, Sweden)
– Minecraft (Mojang, Sweden)
Best Nordic Innovation Award
– Where’s my Heart? (Die Gute Fabrik, Denmark)
– Minecraft (Mojang, Sweden) Watch Trailer
– Paul & Percy (Kipper Digital, Denmark)
– W.I.L.D. (Mindgames, Iceland)
– Wild Chords (Ovelin, Finland)
– Dark Nebula ep 2 (1337 Game Design, Sweden)
– Life of George (LEGO, Denmark)
– Sanctum (Coffee Stain, Sweden)
Nordic Indie Sensation Award – (Special public award)
– Amphora (Moondrop, Norway)
– Backworlds (Juha Kangas and Anders Ekermo, Sweden)
– Back to Bed (Team 1up, Denmark)
– Blind Monk (Christian Andersen and Toke Odin, Denmark)
– Flight of the Fireflies (Jonathan Hise Kaldma, Sweden)
– Neon Zone (House on Fire, Denmark)
– The Swapper (Facepalm Games, Finland)
– LAZA KNITEZ!! (Team Buttfighters, Denmark, US, Belgium)
Juryn består av från Danmark Thomas Løfgren, Game director, IO Interactive / Norge: Kristine Jørgensen, Associate professor, Department of Information Science and Media Studies, University of Bergen. / Sverige: Steven Dahlskog, Lecturer, Malmö University, Computer Science Department. / Finland: Mariina Hallikainen, CEO, Colossal Order. / Island: Sigurður Eggert Gunnarsson, CFO, Gogogic ehf.
Mässan börjar idag, den 23/5 i Slagthuset i Malmö och håller på tills på fredag.
