Arc Raiders wins Nordic Game of the Year at the Nordic Game Awards

Arc Raiders has received Nordic Game of the Year at the Nordic Game Awards, which passed off on Might 28 at the Nordic Game convention in Malmö, Sweden.

The opposite nominees for the class had been Battlefield 6, Dune: Awakening, Break up Fiction, and My Winter Automobile. Embark Studios’ extraction shooter additionally received the awards for finest know-how and finest audio.

Break up Fiction was nominated for 4 awards, however solely took dwelling one, for Finest Game Design. Battlefield 6, in the meantime, was nominated in three classes, however finally left empty handed.

Swedish studios received 5 out of the seven awards, which recognise video games developed in the Nordic territories. Danish studios received the remaining two classes, with Discounty profitable Finest Debut and Lego Voyagers profitable Finest Enjoyable for Everybody.

The listing of winners is beneath:

• Nordic Game of the Year: Arc Raiders by Embark Studios (Sweden)
• Finest Artwork: The Midnight Stroll by MoonHood (Sweden)
• Finest Game Design: Break up Fiction by Hazelight Studios (Sweden)
• Finest Expertise: Arc Raiders by Embark Studios (Sweden)
• Finest Audio: Arc Raiders by Embark Studios (Sweden)
• Finest Enjoyable for Everybody: Lego Voyagers by Gentle Brick Studio (Denmark)
• Finest Debut: Discounty by Crinkle Minimize Video games (Denmark)

As well as, the Folks’s Alternative Award was received by Lootbound, which was developed by Artdock Video games in Moldova. Indie exhibitors at Nordic Game are eligible for the Folks’s Alternative Award, which is voted for by convention attendees.

A “Ukrainian Intermezzo” occurred midway via the awards ceremony, honouring the work of Ukrainian recreation studios, which prompted a standing ovation from the viewers. Convention organiser Jacob Riis additionally took to the stage to confer “legendary” standing on audio designer Ari Pulkkinen, who most not too long ago was the audio lead for Saros.

Thursday’s awards ceremony was the 18th installment of the Nordic Game Awards, and was hosted by Danish actor Magnus Bruun, who performed the male model of Eivor in Murderer’s Creed Valhalla.

Embark Studios head Patrick Söderlund not too long ago instructed GamesIndustry.biz how Arc Raiders was made on “1 / 4 of the funds” of a AAA title.