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Nordic Game at Gamescom 2010: Booth and party!
Nordic Game will yet again wave the flags at Gamescom 2010, 18-20 August. This year our focus will be on two events, our booth at the business hall of the Koelnmesse, and of course the famously infamous Nordic Party, this year sponsored by our good friends at Imagination Studios.
The party will take place at Das Bootshaus on 18 August 2010, from 20 till late. You will need an invitation to get in, so stop by our booth to pick one up!
Nordic Game Booth info: Business Hall 4.2, booth J031. Open from 9-19 every day.
Participating companies: Apex (DK), Gogogic (IS), IGI (IS), Illuminate Labs (SE), Junebud (SE), Nitro Games (FI), Nordic Softsales (SE), Pan Vision (SE), Straycats Studio (SE), TeliaSonera (SE), and more.
See you in Cologne!
Thank you for joining Nordic Game 2010!
The Nordic Game 2010 conference is over. After four days of great networking and competence building, the organisers would like to thank all our sponsors, partners and not least delegates for joining us and making it a very happy week. We look forward to doing it again next year and hope you will be joining us again. Look to this page for information about Nordic Game 2011 very soon!
In the meantime, here's some pictures from some great april 2010 days in Sweden (download in high res here). See you next year!
Nordic Game 2010 took place in the beautiful venue of Slagthuset in central Malmø. Among the speakers were Jason Della Rocca, Perimeter Partners, and Kristian Segerstråle, Playfish. On the expo floor delegates could network and try out some of the many Nordic games available.
The day before the main conference saw the birth of a new Nordic Game tradition - The Nordic Game Indie Night. Six of the most prominent indie developers from the region gathered to present and discuss some of their creations, to the sound of cool music and the taste of cold beer. The day after was kick-off for the conference, and delegates met in the entrance hall to gear up.
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Fred Hasson of Games Capital Ltd. moderated several panels on day 1 - here it's the entrepreneurs' panel giving advice to the audience. In another room at the same time, film and games people met for the Nordic Cultural Forum to discuss how the two creative industries can work together.
Nordic Game Awards 2010 took place during the delegate dinner on the first night of the conference. Everyone attending the conference were invited, and while they relaxed, some of this years' best Nordic games were awarded.
About Nordic Game 2010:
MIND THE GAP
The Nordic Game 2010 conference, 27-30 April 2010 in Malmö, Sweden & Copenhagen, Denmark, will explore the new realities of the games industry. The conference program will focus on how to bridge the gaps between game ideas and business models, creativity and management, and market awareness and profit-making. The event will be for everyone who’s eager to learn, share, adapt and evolve to the today’s changing games industry. Register here!
The key elements of Nordic Game 2010:
Main conference in Slagthuset, Malmö, from 28-29 April. A strong conference program with a unique mix of keynotes, lectures and in-depth workshops from prominent Nordic and global industry names
A string of activities before, during and preceeding the main conference incl. eLBeS Summit, Nordic Game Indie Night, Nordic Game Awards and network party, and
Expansion of the Nordic Game concept into two Nordic cities and countries, giving conference delegates the opportunity to experience the Nordic game industry hotspot from both sides of the Öresund bridge
Improved business-to-business opportunities, incl. online meeting booking system, provided by the GamesIndustry.biz Network
Expanded exhibiton and Game Play Area with great opportunities to play Nordic games
Delegate dinner, lunches, awards show, support ceremonies, networking events - all included, and all seriously fun
Event Overview:
Nordic Game Executive Summit, 27 April
eLBeS Summit & Conference 2010, 27 April
Nordic Game Indie Night, 27 April
Nordic Game Conference, 28-29 April
Nordic Game Awards 2010, 28 April
Nordic Game Party, 28 April
WELCOME TO NORDIC GAME!
A significant part of the Nordic Game Program is dedicated to arranging the annual Nordic Game conference in April/May. Furthermore, Nordic Game is present at some of the world’s largest industry events, such as GDC in San Francisco, Tokyo Game Show, and Gamescom in Cologne.
Latest news:
DATE SET FOR NORDIC GAME 2010
The organisers of the Nordic Game conference are happy to announce the date for the 2010 edition of the leading European industry conference. So draw a red circle in your calendars now: Next year's Nordic Game will be held on 27-29 April, 2010.
The seventh edition of the continuously growing conference will take place in Malmö, Sweden and Copenhagen, Denmark, in a world premiering two-city multi event.
More information coming soon!
NORDIC GAME SUPPORT FOR GC LYON 2009
Nordic Game and Game Connection (www.game-connection.com) have set up a deal that offers an excellent opportunity for Nordic developers to attend one of the most intense business and networking events in the industry taking place 8-11 December.
Nordic Game will support up to 25 Nordic companies heading for Game Connection with 500 Euro pr. company. The support will be paid out afterwards through an invoice sent to Nordic Game from the subsidized company.
The support will be given on a first come basis, so please contact Emma Mellander on emma@nordicgame.com asap to apply.
Background
: Game Connection has been growing every year since it started in 2001 – this partly due to its unique format of business-to-business speed-dating and pre-screened meeting allowing up to 45 meetings scheduled in the month prior to the event – this year taking place the 8-11 December.
Back in 2008 over 150 developers and over 100 publishers and service buyers from more than 35 countries participated the event. At this moment the number of registered attendees is even higher than at the same time last year – everything points towards an even bigger and busier business-event.
NORDIC GAME COMPANIES MEET JAPANESE GAME STARS
The second annual Nordic Game visit to Japan concluded in a star-studded network party, where the Nordic group got to meet a string of the most famous and respected Japanese game developers.
The event, organised by Nordic Game and held at the famous club Le Baron de Paris in Tokyo, saw world leading developers such as Fumito Ueda (ICO, Shadow of Colossus), Shinji Mikama (Resident Evil, Devil May Cry), Tetsuya Mizuguchi (Rez, Lumines), Suda 51 (No More Heroes), and Kenichiro Imaizumi (Metal Gear Solid) attending and meeting with the Nordic group. Not the worst way for the 35 Nordic representatives to get acquainted with the Japanese games industry…
Read more about the Tokyo visit here...
For more information contact Jacob Riis at info@nordicgame.com.
FULL HOUSE AT THE NORDIC GAMESCOM BOOTH IN COLOGNE
Nordic Game participated in Europe’s largest games event, Gamescom in Cologne, Germany on 19-23 August. The Nordic Game booth was located in the Gamescom Business Area (Hall 4.2), showcasing a record-breaking 26 Nordic game companies and organisations, and once again exemplifying the diversity of the ever-growing Nordic games industry. Read more here.
NORDIC GAME CONFERENCE 2009, 19-20 MAY, MALMÖ, SWEDEN
On 19-20 May 2009, Nordic Game celebrated the sixth gathering of the Nordic and international games industry, academics and the media in Malmö, Sweden, focusing on one of the most exciting growth sectors in the entertainment business.
Nordic Game 2009 drew more than 1100 participants from the Nordic region and around the globe, as well as industry and educational exhibitors and extensive international press coverage.
The organisers would like to thank all delegates, sponsors and partners for their participation and support at this year's event. We hope you had a good time and that you will join us next year. Where and when? TBA soon...
Until then, click here to see a selection of photos from the event.
