Nordic Game announces grant winners

Six companies have been announced as the winners of funding as part of the Nordic Game Program's first grants of 2009, and will share DKK 3 million (USD 547,000) between them.

The teams were awarded during a presentation at this year's Nordic Game conference, with grant certificates handed out on-stage by the organisation's boss, Erik Robertson.

The biggest amount given to a single company was DKK 500,000 (USD 91,200), while a further four projects were awarded DKK 100,000 (USD 18,200) in order to improve their applications.

The projects awarded funding were as follows:

• Art of Crime APS
• Crimeville
• DKK 500,000

• Casual Continent Ltd
• Crown of Byzantium
• DKK 500,000

• Recoil Games Oy
• Earth No More
• DKK 500,000

• Press Play APS
• Hard Plastic
• DKK 450,000

• Tactile Entertainment APS
• iCreatures
• DKK 250,000

• L MediaHouse
• Sky Heroes
• DKK 400,000