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Mirror’s Edge Clashes with Conan at Nordic Awards

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By Rob Crossley

March 30, 2009

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Nominations for the 2009 Nordic Game Awards have been announced, with both Mirror’s Edge and Age of Conan Hiborian Adventures leading the nominations in the same two categories.

EA DICE’s divisive Parkour-ish FPS is nominated for Artistic Achievement and Best Nordic Game, the same two categories that Funcom’s Age of Conan: Hiborian Adventures stands in.

As well as these two categories, the event will be offering an award for the Best Nordic Children’s Game and the Best New Nordic Talent.

The awards will be held on the opening day of The Nordic Game conference and Career Expo, scheduled for 19-20 May at the Malmö Convention Center, Sweden.

Full list of nominees follows, together representing Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden:

Best Artistic Achievement:

Age of Conan, developed by Funcom (NOR)
Englekræsj, developed by Ravn Studio (NOR)
Guppylife, developed by Gu! ppyworks (DEN)
Mirror’s Edge, developed by EA DICE (SWE)
Penumbra: Black Plague, developed by Frictional (SWE)
Watchmen, developed by Deadline Games (DEN)

Best Nordic Children’s Game:

Englekræsj, developed by Ravn Studio (NOR)
Guppylife, developed by Guppyworks (DEN)
LasseMajas Detektivbyrå: Kameleontens hämnd, developed by Bajoum (SWE)
Riding Club, developed by Artplant (NOR)
Skägget i Brevlådan, developed by Upside Studios (SWE)

Best Nordic Game:

Age of Conan, developed by Funcom (NOR)
Bionic Commando: Rearmed, developed by GRIN (SWE)
Englekræsj, developed by Ravn Studio (NOR)
Global Conflicts: Latin America, developed by Serious Games (DEN)
Guppylife, developed by Guppyworks (DEN)
Mirror’s Edge, developed by EA DICE (SWE)
Trials 2 - Second Edition, developed by Redlynx (FIN)

Best New Nordic Talent:

Puzzlegeddon, developed by Pieces Interactive (SWE)
Skybound, developed by Tumbleweed Interactive (NOR)
Symbol6, developed by Gogogic, (ISL)
The Hunter, developed by Avalanche (SWE)
Vertigo, developed by RunJumpDuck Entertainment (SWE)

Alex_V's picture
On March 31st Alex_V said:

Well, the games I've played of these I really liked. I actually thought Mirror's Edge was superb, though it seems to have obviously polarised opinion. Age Of Conan had a lot of good things going for it (a great introductory 20 levels, and some wonderful graphics), and Bionic Commando: Rearmed did about as much as you possibly could with its basic idea. Makes me want to check out the other games listed.

SaintJude's picture
On March 31st SaintJude said:

Having just completed Mirror's Edge, I can honestly say... meh.
I think they will hit what they were aiming for with a sequel.

Danonino's picture
On March 30th Danonino said:

Mirror's Edge a FPS?... IMO it was underrated because players think of it as a FPS instead of what it really is; a platform game : /.

manhattan's picture
On March 31st manhattan said:

Hmmm probably not entirely, dano. Id say it's a First-Person Parkour game.

Lu-Tze's picture
On March 30th Lu-Tze said:

On a (somewhat) related note: why is Max Payne 3 being done by Rockstar Vancouver instead of the (Finnish) Remedy?

manhattan's picture
On March 30th manhattan said:

I can't believe it..... there's no Abba game?

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On March 30th ztrapwn said:

I'm from Sweden myself, yet as much as I try, I can't bring myself to call any of these games worthy a reward.

In a way it's positive that Mirror's Edge and AOC has shed some light over Scandinavia as a gaming industry region. But making shitty games won't lead much further than that. Mirror's Edge was innovative, allright, but that's about it. And Age of Conan was just full of bugs and very impersonal.
So far the only good games to come from here are some of the Battlefield games.

Budget isn't the problem. It's the fact that they seem to miss the obvious flaws in their games. Heck, any experienced gamer could probably come up with solutions to make Mirror's Edge more fun or Age of Conan more original.