Following the Nordic Game Discovery Contest (NGDC) Season V kick-off last December during Africa Games Week in Cape Town, South Africa, the 2020-2021 qualifier schedule continues to expand, with online competitions in Norway and Italy announced this week.
“It’s great to see that the NGDC keeps growing, and our partner events around the globe play a significant role in our success,” says NGDC host and organiser Jacob Riis. “Equally important though, even with our transition to an online pitch format, is the enthusiastic support of our sponsors. This season looks outright fantastic – especially when looking at the prizes on offer for selected qualifier contestants and finalists.”
With long-time partners like Xsolla and Matchmade onboard again, as well as new sponsors like Games Branding, very strong on the PR side, there are indeed some great things in store for devs joining our fifth season.
Xsolla will provide the NGDC prize pool, including rewards for every team that gets into a qualifying round, and some very grand prizes for the season’s top three teams who make it all the way to the finals at the fall edition of Nordic Game in November.
Influencer specialist Matchmade will also provide one-on-one consultancy for qualifier winners, with PR partner Games Branding offering mentor sessions, tailor-made press releases and distribution, and not least one full PR campaign for the NGDC Season V Game of the Year winner.
A very warm thank you to all of our sponsors for their tremendous support – they’re giving studios around the world a lot of very good reasons to join us for our fifth NGDC season.
Ready to learn more and submit your game? Check out the the latest qualifier announcements for Kavalkaden in Norway (application deadline: 23 February) and Italian DStars Connects (application deadline: 15 March)!
The selected game will earn a seat in the NGDC Grand Finals at the November edition of NG21 in Malmö, Sweden, as well as prizes from Xsolla, Microsoft, WhisperGames and PR specialists Games Branding.
NEW for NGDC Season V
We are thrilled to welcome PR specialists Games Branding onboard as new NGDC partner, as this will guarantee extended media coverage for all qualifier contestants.
NGDC Season V is sponsored by Xsolla, Microsoft, WhisperGames and Nordic Game Ventures, in partnership with Games Branding, DDM and Matchmade.
Become an NGDC partner!
Contact Nordic Game BD director Teddy Florea here to learn about great opportunities now available with the fifth season tour, which kicks-off during Africa Games Week in Cape Town on 3-4 December.
About the Nordic Game Discovery Contest
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 about all the NGDC Season IV qualifiers – and get ready for Season V – at discovery-contest.nordicgame.com.
About the Nordic Game conference
Nordic Game is the leading games conference in Europe, and 2021 marks its nineteenth and twentieth editions. Gathering thousands of 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.
Nordic Game doubles up online again in 2021 (spring and fall) following last year’s digital debut at NG20 in May and twice the knowledge, emotion and business at NG20+ last November.
You can also still experience both of last year’s Nordic Game online events for one low price with a flashback pass right here!
Get all the latest Nordic Game, NGDC and Nordic games industry news, including updates about our conferences in 2021 at nordicgame.com.
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