Category Archives: Nordic

Publisher Nordic Games has acquired the Scandinavian arm of struggling international retailer GAME.

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Koch just confirmed a February 5 street date for S.T.A.L.K.E.R : Call of Pripyat in the UK, Nordic and Italy.

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Capcom’s Keiji Inafune and Grasshopper’s Goichi Suda will both speak at Nordic Game this year, the event’s announced.

“Having Keiji Inafune and Goichi Suda join Nordic Game this year highlights the strong and growing relationship between the Japanese and Nordic games communities” said NG boss Tom Felices, “and will offer attendees a unique opportunity to meet two of the most exciting game creators today”.

Nordic Game takes place in Malmö, Sweden, on May 19-20.

Full details through the link.

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Catastrophe this morning for the Nordic region, as news hits that the Animal Crossing-Wii Speak bundle won’t be available in Norway, Denmark and Sweden.

Apparently our Northern cousins will be able to buy the game and microphone peripheral separately, but not in the same pack.

Expect viking fury about this over the course of the day. Or not.

From Tendografen, via N-Europe.

NXE’s XNA community games don’t appear to be available in all European regions.

Reports on the Eurogamer forums suggest that both Denmark and Norway simply don’t have the Community Games menu option in the new dash. Which means we can’t play them either. Catastrophic.

Perhaps it’s just Scandinavia that has been left out? We’re contacting Microsoft to get official word on the subject.

Update: Finland, Sweden and now Ireland can add themselves to the list of regions without a Community Games section, so we’re told, and it appears the title, Weapon of Choice, is not available in France. Thanks to Paavi, netsabes and Michael O’Connor.

By Mike Bowden

Big-name MMO? Sizeable player base? Stock value dip of 55 percent? One of these things is not like the other. According to Massively, Age of Conan publisher Funcom has seen a mystifying downturn in its stock value since Age of Conan launched.

Dropping from $54 to $24 per share, you’d think Funcom would have serious cause for concern. However, as Massively points out, Funcom shares were sporting a consistent $25 price tag before the Age of Conan pre-release hype began. Odds are, this sharp drop is merely a return to normalcy.

For more analysis and a chart just begging to be made into a level for Line Rider, check out the link.

By Nathan Grayson

Capcom’s announced the formation of a deal with Pan Vision that will see the publisher’s titles distributed in the Nordic region.

“With Pan Vision on our side we are having a strong, experienced and reliable partner supporting us in servicing the Nordic market,” said Capcom Europe sales and marketing exec Michael Auer. “The expertise we share within the area of entertainment software will pave the way to success for us.”

So there we are.

Nordic Game’s announced that attendance for this year’s event was up 38% over last year’s to 1,200.

Delegates from more than 300 companies attended the show, which formed a platform to 110 speakers.

Press release after the link.

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The GamesIndustry.biz Network will debut at next week’s Nordic Game, the site’s announced.

The Scandinavian event will host the launch of the Network’s event section, where delegates will be able to make the most of the conference by connecting with other attendees online and arranging meetings with them at the event.

All speakers, press and delegates who have registered for full conference passes will be personally invited to take part in the Gamesindustry.biz Network community starting today. Attendees will be able to start online scheduling for meetings at the conference on Monday May 11.

Nordic Games runs from May 14-15, at the Malmö Convention Center in Malmö, Sweden.

Press release after the link.

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Siren and Silent Hill developer Keiichiro Toyama is to speak at Nordic Game 2008, the conference confirmed this morning, as will Tameem Antoniades, co-founder of Ninja Theory.

The programme’s starting to look pretty good, in truth. Jet Set Radio Future guy Ryuuta Ueda, EVE Online boss Hilmar Pétursson and Age of Conan’s Jørgen Tharaldsen will also be making an appearance.

Nordic Game runs from May 14-15 this year, again at the Malmö Convention Center in Malmö, Sweden.

Press release after the link.

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The founding members of IO Interactive have reformed as Reto-Meto, the studio announced today, a brand initially created in 1997 as part of joint IO/Nordisk Film venture.

The Copenhagen, Denmark-based venture is apparently “committed to redefining the online multiplayer space.”

IO Interactive is best known for its Hitman series, and was the subject of a £20m buy-out by Eidos.

By Mike Bowden

Epic head Mark Rein is to speak in the business and production track at this year’s Nordic Game.

Rein will sit on a round-table discussion called Art of the Deal, which will focus on the publisher pitching process.

Othe panelists include MGS business development director Peter Zetterberg, Ross Erickson, VP acquisitions at Sierra Online, studio director Martyn Brown of Team 17, CEO Jeff Hilbert of DDM and Andy Boyes, product and business development director at Capcom.

Nordic Game 2008 takes place on 14-15 May 2008 at the Malmö Convention Center in Malmö, Sweden. Press release after the link.

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According to this, Traveller’s Tales boss Jonathan Smith will be headlining Nordic Game 2008 with a talk called “Putting the Pieces in Play”. We’re sure it’ll include all the Lego you can handle.

Rob Kay and Ryan Lesser from Harmonix are also going to be speaking, and will be bringing some “special guests”, apparently, presumably from the music world.

This year’s event takes place in Malmo, Sweden, as usual, from May 14-15

Both Edge and Next-Gen have been named as media sponsors of this year’s Nordic Game. The Future publications will join Eurogamer Network’s GamesIndustry.biz, now on its third year as a main media partner for the event, as show supporters.

Nordic Game is probably the greatest trade show in the world. It’s the most non-bullshit expo in games. And it’s in Sweden, which is always a good thing.

Nordic Game 2008 is being held on May 14-15 in Malmö. Hit the link for more details.

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We love the Nords. They’re awesome. Good news arrives today, then, that the Nordic Game guys are going to be representing more than 40 companies from the region at GDC in San Francisco later this month. Nordic Game’s stand is actually the same size as Epic’s, which Nordic Game boss Erik Robertson says is a statement of intent.

“We are definitely making a statement at the GDC this year with the placement and the floor coverage of the Nordic Game exhibition,” said Robertson, director of the Nordic Game Program. “Our games industry is gaining recognition for its economic potential in our own region and our strong showing at the conference and exhibition will highlight the importance of this industry in the Nordic countries.”

Go along and say hello at booth 5605 in the North Hall. Do some Nordic business. They’re good guys, this lot.