Finalists for revealed for 2015 Nordic Game Awards

The organises of the annual Nordic Game Conference have announced the finalists for this year’s awards.

The awards celebrate the best games and studios from the Nordic region, with popular hits such as Wolfenstein, Goat Simulator, The Sailor’s Dream, Max: The Curse of Brotherhood, Leo’s Fortune and more among those that have been shortlisted.

The winners will be announced during an awards ceremony during Nordic Game in Malmö, Sweden. It will take play on Thursday, May 21st and will be hosted by journalist and author Leigh Alexander.

Don’t forget, there’s less than a week to nominate your games and your studio for the 2015 Develop Awards.

Below is the full list of Nordic Game Awards finalists: 

Best Nordic Game of the Year
Among the Sleep, developed by Krillbite Studio (Norway)
Dreamfall Chapters: Book One, developed by Red Thread Games (Norway)
Kalimba, developed by Press Play (Denmark)
Leo’s Fortune, developed by 1337 and Senri LLC (Sweden)
Max: The Curse of Brotherhood, developed by Press Play (Denmark)
Shadow Puppeteer, developed by Sarepta (Norway)
The Silent Age: Episode 2, developed by House on Fire (Denmark)
Wolfenstein: The New Order, developed by Machine Games (Sweden) 

Best Nordic Children’s Game
DragonBox Elements, developed by WeWantToKnow (Norway)
Inventioneers, developed by Filimundus AB (Sweden)
Max: The Curse of Brotherhood, developed by Press Play (Denmark)
Toca Nature, developed by Toca Boca AB (Sweden)
Wuwu & Co., developed by Merete Helle (Denmark) 

Best Nordic Handheld Game
The Silent Age: Episode 2, developed by House on Fire (Denmark)
Size DOES Matter, developed by DOS Studios (Norway)
Leo’s Fortune, developed by 1337 and Senri LLC (Sweden)
Heartbeats, developed by Kong Orange (Denmark)
The Sailor’s Dream, developed by Simogo (Sweden) 

Best Artistic Achievement
Amphora, developed by Moondrop (Norway)
Back to Bed, developed by Bedtime Digital Games (Denmark)
Heartbeats, developed by Kong Orange (Denmark)
Among the Sleep, developed by Krillbite Studio (Norway)
The Sailor’s Dream, developed by Simogo (Sweden) 

Best Nordic Innovation
Kalimba, developed by Press Play (Denmark)
Among the Sleep, developed by Krillbite Studio (Norway)
Goat Simulator, developed by Coffee Stain Studios (Sweden)
Heartbeats, developed by Kong Orange (Denmark)
Size DOES Matter, developed by DOS Studios (Norway)

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