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Malmö, Sweden – 18 May 2017. The winners of the 2017
Nordic Game Awards have been revealed at this year’s Nordic
Game Conference with 2D platform puzzler INSIDE taking home four
awards. Hosted by comedian Niels Forsberg, 20 games were nominated
in eight different categories, including Best Art, Best Game
Design, Best Debut, and Nordic Game of the Year.
Category winners of the 2017 Nordic Game Awards are as
follows:
Nordic Game of the Year
INSIDE
by Playdead
Other finalists included
Battlefield 1
(EA DICE)
,
Clash Royale
(Supercell)
,
Hitman
(IO Interactive),
Owlboy
(D-Pad Studio), and
Tom Clancy’s The Division
(Massive Entertainment
).
Nordic Game of the Year – Small Screen
Twofold Inc.
developed by Grapefrukt Games
Other finalists included
Clapper
(Bridgeside Interactive)
,
Clash Royale
(Supercell)
,
Mekorama
(Martin Magni)
, and
Space Marshals 2
(Pixelbite Games).
Best Art
INSIDE
, by Playdead
Other finalists included
Battlefield 1
(EA DICE)
,
GoNNER
(Art in Heart),
Owlboy
(D-Pad Studio
), and
Unravel
(Coldwood Interactive).
Best Game Design
INSIDE
by Playdead.
Other finalists included
Battlefield 1
(EA DICE)
,
Hitman
(IO Interactive)
,
Owlboy
(D-Pad Studio
), and
Tom Clancy’s The Division
(Massive Entertainment).
Best Technology
Hitman
by IO Interactive
Other finalists included
Battlefield 1
(EA DICE)
,
EVE Valkyrie
(CCP)
,
INSIDE
(Playdead)
, and
Tom Clancy’s The Division
(Massive Entertainment).
Best Audio
INSIDE
by Playdead
Other finalists included
Battlefield 1
(EA DICE)
,
GoNNER
(Art in Heart)
,
Hitman
(IO Interactive)
, and
Owlboy
(D-Pad Studio
).
Best Fun for Everyone
The Fun for Everyone award is a special award for the best
children’s, family, or social game, suitable for people of
all ages.
Clapper
by Bridgeside Interactive.
Other finalists included
Fuzzy House
(Fuzzy House)
,
Mussila: Musical Monster Adventure
(Rosamosi)
,
Stikbold! A Dodgeball Adventure
(Game Swing)
, and
Toca Hair Salon 3
(Toca Boca)
.
Best Debut
Best Debut is brand new award given to a Nordic studio that has
released its first game in 2017 (excluding beta and early
access).
GoNNER
by Art in Heart.
Other nominees for the first ever Best Debut award included
Clapper
(Bridgeside Interactive)
,
Manual Samuel
(Perfectly Paranormal)
,
Stikbold! A Dodgeball Adventure
(Game Swing), and
Through the Woods
(Antagonist).
Special Mention
The jury also gave
Owlboy
, developed by D-Pad Studio, a special mention for outstanding
artistic, audio, technological, and design quality.
About the Nordic Game Awards
The Nordic Game Awards is organised by the
Nordic Game Institute in cooperation with
Nordic Game Resources and the Nordic Game event
team.
The Nordic Game Institute consists of the following game
producer associations in the region:
Dataspelsbranschen (SE),
Icelandic Gaming Industry
(IS),
Neogames (FI),
Spillprodusentforeningen (NO) and
Producentforeningen (DK).
The organisers appoint the NGA jury, this year with the
following members: Bjarki Thor Jónsson (Iceland), Juho
Kuorikoski (Finland), Rune Fjell Olsen (Norway), Niklas Sintorn
(Sweden) and Astrid Mie Refstrup (Denmark).
About the Nordic Game conference
Nordic Game is the leading games conference in Europe, and 2017
is its fourteenth year. Gathering over 2,000 games industry
professionals in Malmö annually, Nordic Game is the one and
only “home turf” meeting place for the highly
successful game developers of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and
Sweden.
Learn more about Nordic Game 2017, 17-19 May at Slagthuset in
Malmö, Sweden at
conf.nordicgame.com.
Press contact:
Jacob Riis, Communications & Program Director, Nordic Game
2017
Email:
[email protected]
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