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Banana Republic wins NGDC in South Africa

Banana Republic wins NGDC in South Africa

On 23 February, the first qualifier of the Nordic Game Discovery Contest Season VI was held at Africa Games Week in Cape Town, South Africa. This month’s qualifier marked the third time the NGDC has been hosted by Africa Games Week, where Drawkanoid qualified in 2018 and later went on to win NGDC Game of the Year in the Season III finals.

It will be exciting to see if this year’s champion in Cape Town can do the same, as South African developer Skinnyboy Interactive has qualified for the NGDC Season VI Grand Finals with their title Banana Republic – an open world RPG fighting game, based on the economic and political struggles faced by people in a fictional place in Southern Africa. The player takes the role of a former political leader, attempting to stop opposition parties from tainting their name and image.

Warm thanks to the organisers of Africa Games Week for hosting the NGDC once again and big congrats to Skinnyboy Interactive – see you in November for the NGDC Season VI Grand Finals!

NGDC Season VI is sponsored by Xsolla, Tencent Games, Microsoft, WhisperGames and Nordic Game Ventures, in partnership with Games Branding.

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Building on fourteen years of organising successful games industry activities, including the annual Nordic Game conference, regional funding programs, overseas networking events and other developer support initiatives, Nordic Game launched the Nordic Game Discovery Contest (NGDC) in 2016 – an exciting, competitive challenge where selected game projects are showcased live in pitch competitions at partner events across Europe and around the globe.

Learn more NGDC Season VI qualifiers, wild cards and finals, and get all the latest results at discovery-contest.nordicgame.com!
 
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Nordic Game is the leading games conference in Europe, and 2022 will mark its twenty-first and twenty-second editions, as well as our return to historic Slagthuset. Gathering thousands of industry professionals in the spring and autumn each year, Nordic Game is the one and only “home turf” meeting place for the highly successful game developers of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.

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Mar 1, 2022Jacob Riis

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