NORDIC GAME AWARDS

Nordic Game Awards 2013: Nominees revealed!

On 23 May 2013, Nordic Game presents the seventh annual Nordic Game Awards. Highlight of the conference’s gala dinner, Ann-Sofie Sydow of The Game Assembly will host the show and present prizes in six categories.

The nominated games for NGA 13 are:

Best Nordic Game 2013
Angry Birds Star Wars, Rovio, Finland
Clash of Clans, Supercell, Finland
Crusader Kings II, Paradox Development Studio, Sweden
EVE Online: Retribution
Hitman Absolution, IO Interactive, Denmark
Hotline Miami, Dennaton Games, Sweden
Krater, Fatshark, Sweden
Little Big Planet Vita, Tarsier Studios, Sweden
Naval War: Arctic Circle, Turbo Tape Games, Norway

Best Nordic Children's Game 2013
Blocksworld, Boldai, Sweden
Flyttefjæs, Copenhagen Bombay, Denmark
Pippi Långstrumps Villa Villekulla, Filimundus, Sweden
Toca Tailor, Toca Boca, Sweden

Best Nordic Handheld Game 2013
Clash of Clans, Supercell, Finland
Hay Day, Supercell, Finland
Subway Surfers, Kiloo, Denmark
Voodoo Friends, Cego, Denmark

Best Artistic Achievement Award 2013
Hitman Absolution, IO Interactive, Denmark
Pid, Might & Delight, Sweden
The Silent Age, House of Fire, Denmark
Unmechanical, Teotl Studios and Talawa Games, Sweden

Best Nordic Innovation Award 2013
Blocksworld, Boldai, Sweden
Dragonbox, Wewanttoknow, Norway
Forsvundet i Tiden, Bysted, Denmark
Hotline Miami, Dennaton Games, Sweden

Nordic Indie Sensation Award 2013
This award is a special public award. Visitors of the Nordic Game Indie Night (22 May) and the Nordic Game 2013 conference (23-24 May) will be able to try all the nominated games and vote for their favorite. The nominees are:

Badland, Frogmind, Finland
Clairvoyance, Erik, Johannes, Nicke & Oscar, Sweden
Flowstorm, Neat Corporation, Sweden
Rymdkapsel, Martin Jonasson, Sweden
Stikbold, Team Stikbold, Denmark
The Mission,  Xavier Lafont, Denmark
The Plan, Krillbite, Norway
The Silent Age, House on Fire, Denmark

About Nordic Game Awards
The Nordic Game Awards is organised by the Nordic Game Institute in cooperation with Nordic Game Resources and the Nordic Game Conference. The Nordic Game Institute consists of the following game producers’ associations in the region: Dataspelsbranschen (SE), Icelandic Gaming Industry (IS), Neogames (FI), Producentforeningen (DK), and Spillprodusentforeningen (NO).

The organisations appoint the NGA jury, this year with the following members: Steve Dahlskog (Sweden), Mariina Hallikainen (Finland), Stefania Halldórsdóttir (Iceland), Ellen Lyse Einarsen (Norway), and Thomas Vigild (Denmark).