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Eight Nordic Developers Receive Game Grants

By pete_gallagher

The Nordic Game Program has announced results of a new funding initiative that will see eight companies benefit from a cash infusion.

The temporary program, currently in its fourth year (a six-year run is planned) of bestowment, awarded a total of 3.0 million kroners (approximately $589.0 million U.S.) in its latest round of financing. 84 projects in all were submitted during this round.

The companies awarded funds, and their associated projects, are:

• Virtual Air Guitar Company (Finland) - Kung-Fu Live (500,000 kroners)
• APEX Virtual Entertainment (Denmark) – Riders & Ranches Online ((500,000 kroners)
• Gogogic (Iceland) – Rapture – Collectable Card Game (400,000 kroners)
• Everyplay Oy (Finland) – Kamu Town (400,000 kroners)
• Uplause Ltd (Finland) – Uplause Crowd Game (400,000 kroners)
• Cockroach Inc (Sweden) – The Dream Machine (300,000 kroners)
• GuppyWorks (Denmark – GuppyLife (200,000 kroners)
• Unified Game (Denmark) – Pinball DJ (200,000 kroners)

The program was launched by the Nordic Ministers for Culture, representing Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.

Full post as published by GamePolitics.com on December 11, 2009 (boomark / email).