The Nordic Game 2014 Conference has been a beehive of activity more than a month ahead of the conference. To start with, a Unity3D track has just been added to the conference program. Unity, who is an Anniversary Partner, will have their content covered over nine sessions, taking place over May 22nd and May 23rd. The sessions will represent a mix of internal Unity talks and external Unity developer talks. Two additional Unity workshops, “Prototyping in Unity” and “Advanced Unity Workshop”, will beef up the game engine company’s presence further. To check out the entire Unity track, visit this link for all the details.
Also just announced are the nominees for the Nordic Game Awards, to be hosted on the evening of May 22nd. The exhaustive list of nominees is below:
Best Nordic Game of the Year 2014
Battlefield 4, by DICE (Sweden)
Year Walk, by Simogo (Sweden)
The Swapper, by Facepalm Games (Finland)
Resogun, by Housemarque (Finland)
Teslagrad, by Rain Games (Norway)
Forced, by Betadwarf (Denmark)
140, by Jeppe Carlsen (Denmark)
Best Nordic Children’s Game 2014
Toca Boca Hair Salon 2, by Toca Boca (Sweden)
My Little Work Garage, by Filimundus (Sweden)
Sprinkle Islands, by Mediocre (Sweden)
Steamworld Dig, by Image & Form (Sweden)
Pettson’s Inventions Deluxe, by Filimundus (Sweden)
Angry Birds Go, by Rovio (Finland)
King Hunt, by Mountain Sheep (Finland)
LEGO® MINDSTORMS® Fix the Factory, by Cape Copenhagen (Denmark)
HokusPokus Alfons Åberg, by Hyper Games (Norway)
Best Nordic Handheld Game 2014
Year Walk, by Simogo (Sweden)
Device 6, by Simogo (Sweden)
Steamworld Dig, by Image & Form (Sweden)
Stick it to the Man!, by Zoink (Sweden)
Pet Rescue Saga, by King (Sweden)
Best Artistic Achievement Award 2014
Year Walk, by Simogo (Sweden)
Device 6, by Simogo (Sweden)
Stick it to the Man!, by Zoink (Sweden)
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, by Starbreeze Studios (Sweden)
Oceanhorn, by Cornfox Brothers (Finland)
140, by Jeppe Carlsen (Denmark)
Best Nordic Innovation Award 2014
Shelter, by Might and Delight (Sweden)
Year Walk, by Simogo (Sweden)
Device 6, by Simogo (Sweden)
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, by Starbreeze Studios (Sweden)
Teslagrad, by Rain Games (Norway)
New Nordic Indie Sensation 2014
The purpose of the award is to recognize new talent from the Nordic Region. The nominated games in this category are found through an application process, lead by Copenhagen Game Collective, the curators of Nordic Game Indie Night. Eightgames will be nominated, and they can be tested and voted for by the public during Nordic Game Indie Night 2014 on 21 May.
