Nordic Game Awards 2018: Finalists revealed
Welcome to the 2018 edition of the Nordic Game Awards!
A highlight of Nordic Game 2018 in Malmö, Sweden on 23-25 May, the award show this year takes place in the Unreal Theatre, the main auditorium of Slagthuset, on 24 May at 18:00. And it’s sponsored by our dear friends at Epic/Unreal.
Host of the show will be Elie Abraham – composer, sound designer, voice actor and unyielding game jammer. Elie is known for speed-making music and holds the world record for number of games sound-tracked at a single game jam. Outside of video game audio, Elie designs escape rooms, DJs and is a stand-up comedian. Ellie will hand out prizes in eight categories, and here are the nominated games:
Nordic Game of the Year
A Hat in Time, developed by Gears for Breakfast, Denmark
ECHO, developed by Ultra Ultra, Denmark
Little Nightmares, developed by Tarsier Studios, Sweden
Nex Machina, developed by Housemarque, Finland
SteamWorld Dig 2, developed by Image & Form, Sweden
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus, developed by MachineGames, Sweden
Nordic Game of the Year: Small Screen
Milkmaid of the Milky Way, developed by Machineboy, Norway
OCMO, developed by Team OCMO, Finland
Pako 2, developed by Tree men games, Finland
Returner 77, developed by Fantastic, Yes!, Denmark
SteamWorld Dig 2, developed by Image & Form, Sweden
Best Art
ECHO, developed by Ultra Ultra, Denmark
Little Nightmares, developed by Tarsier Studios, Sweden
Milkmaid of the Milky Way, developed by Machineboy, Norway
Nex Machina, developed by Housemarque, Finland
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus, developed by MachineGames, Sweden
Best Game Design
A Hat in Time, developed by Gears for Breakfast, Denmark
ECHO, developed by Ultra Ultra, Denmark
Little Nightmares, developed by Tarsier Studios, Sweden
SteamWorld Dig 2, developed by Image & Form, Sweden
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus, developed by MachineGames, Sweden
World to the West, developed by Rain AS, Norway
Best Technology
ECHO, developed by Ultra Ultra, Denmark
Fugl, developed by Muunluun, Norway
Sparc, developed by CCP, Iceland
Star Wars Battlefront 2, developed by EA DICE, Sweden
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus, developed by MachineGames, Sweden
Best Audio
ECHO, developed by Ultra Ultra, Denmark
Figment, developed by Bedtime Digital Games, Denmark
Little Nightmares, developed by Tarsier Studios, Sweden
Nex Machina, developed by Housemarque, Finland
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus, developed by MachineGames, Sweden
Best Fun for Everyone
A Hat in Time, developed by Gears for Breakfast, Denmark
Fugl, developed by Muunluun, Norway
Little Police, developed by Filimundus, Sweden
Ocmo, developed by Team OCMO, Finland
Passpartout: The Starving Artist, developed by Flamebait Games, Sweden
Best Debut
A Hat in Time, developed by Gears for Breakfast, Denmark
ECHO, developed by Ultra Ultra, Denmark
Milkmaid of the Milky Way, developed by Machineboy, Norway
Ocmo, developed by Team OCMO, Finland
Passpartout: The Starving Artist, developed by Flamebait Games, Sweden
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: Sig Gunnarsson (Iceland), Aleksandr Manzos (Finland), Jostein Hakestad (Norway), Linus Svensson (Sweden) and Christina Majcher (Denmark).
About the Nordic Game conference
Nordic Game is the leading games conference in Europe, and 2018 is its fifteenth 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 2018, 23-25 May in Malmö, Sweden at conf.nordicgame.com.
