Nordic Game Program (Page 2)

Applications for game funding total 14 times the amount available in subsidees

Amazing Games, Unity 3D and more confirmed for attendance at this year's show

Event organiser Jacob Riis explains the priorities for this year's conference, and what delegates will be talking about

Malmo conference visitors to be the first to benefit from Network's time-management tool

CEO and staff to deliver a talk entitled Next Century Middleware

Projects submitted rises to 86, although organisation is concerned at resource cut

Titles nominated in the Best Artistic Achievement and Best Nordic Game categories

Keiji Inafune and Goichi Suda both slated to give talks at event in May

May event grabs big names, adds new features

8 projects benefit from final round of funding in 2008

Over 130 projects are submitted for the year following second round deadline

Free drinks and socialising at French event in November

The Denmark developer was awarded the sum at the Nordic Game Conference for its title The Ark

It's the last day for sign-ups to one of the most influential developer conferences on the industry calendar

Creators of Silent Hill, Rock Band and Heavenly Sword will gather to discuss creative innovation

World in Conflict, Kane & Lynch and Super Stardust HD among the 12 titles in the running

Nvidia, Intel and Microsoft among the speakers discussing subjects such as multicore and visibility optimisation

Students and professionals invited to attend a free recruitment day as part of the Sweden event

Epic's Games VP to be joined by Shannon Loftis, Peter Zetterberg and Min Kim for the Business and Production conference track

Applications for the programme totalled DKK 38 million, almost thirteen times more than the amount actually available

Traveller's Tales boss Jonathan Smith and the Rock Band creators to headline May event

This year's Nordic Game Conference and Career Expo, to be held in Malmo, Sweden, on May 14-15, will once again be supported by <i>GamesIndustry.biz</i>.

The Nordic Game Program has handed out DKK 2.5 million (EUR 335,000/ USD 498,000) to local developers working on PS3, Xbox 360, PC and Live Arcade games.

The Nordic Computer Game Programme, a body set up by the governments of Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Iceland and Norway, has revealed that applications for this year's fund far outstrips the DKK 5 million that was available.

NanOn Sha boss Masaya Matsuura has said he believes the reason the Wii is outdoing PS3 in the sale stakes is because Sony's next-gen console is "too big" for Japanese consumers tastes.