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Death Rally, Joining Hands, DrawRace 2, and more up for Nordic Game Awards

And the nominees for Best Nordic Handheld Game are...

Death Rally, Joining Hands, DrawRace 2, and more up for Nordic Game Awards
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Nordic Game has announced the nominees for this year's annual Nordic Games Awards event, which will take place between May 23rd and 25th in Slagthuset, Sweden.

There are a total of six award categories, including a category for the Best Nordic Handheld Game. The shortlist for this category features many popular iOS and Android games, such as DrawRace 2 and Anthill - the latter of which has also managed to bag a nomination for the Best Artistic Achievement.

Furthermore, excellent ball-rolling title Dark Nebula - Episode Two is nominated for a Best Nordic Innovation Award.

Check out the full list of nominations below.

Best Nordic Game of the Year
Battlefield 3 (EA DICE, Sweden)
Renegade Ops (Avalanche, Sweden)
Where is my Heart? (Die Gute Fabrik, Denmark)
Minecraft (Mojang, Sweden)
Trine 2 (Frozenbyte, Finland)
Syndicate (Starbreeze, Sweden)
Battlestar Galactica (Artplant, Norway)

Best Nordic Children's Game
Moogies (Plan Vanilla, Iceland)
Gnarts World (Snowcastle, Norway)
Elleville Elfrid & Elleville Elfrids Vinterleker (Rock Pocket Games/Kool Produktion AS, Norway)
Lego Duplo (Space Time Foam, Denmark)
Paint Splash (Knapnok Games, Denmark)
Toca Boca Tea Party (Toca Boca/Brickmark, Sweden)
Vinter I Blafjell (Ravn Studio, Norway)
Starstable (World of Horsecraft, Sweden)

Best Nordic Handheld Game
The Marbians (Progressive Media/Nordisk Film, Denmark)
Anthill (Image&Form, Sweden)
Sprinkle (Mediocre, Sweden)
DrawRace 2 (RedLynx, Finland)
Super Stardust Delta (Housemarque, Finland)
Death Rally (Remedy, Mountain Sheep, Cornfox Brothers, Finland)
Touchgrind BMX (Illusion Labs, Sweden)
Joining Hands (10tons, Finland)
Neon Zone (House on Fire, Denmark)

Best Artistic Achievement
Where is my Heart? (Die Gute Fabrik, Denmark)
Anthill (Image&Form, Sweden)
Gnarts World (Snowcastle, Sweden)
Outland (Housemarque, Finland)
Trine 2 (Frozenbyte, Finland)
Bullet Time (Kiloo, Denmark)
Battlefield 3 (EA DICE, Sweden)
Syndicate (Starbreeze, Sweden)
Minecraft (Mojang, Sweden)

Best Nordic Innovation Award
Where is my Heart? (Die Gute Fabrik, Denmark)
Minecraft (Mojang, Sweden)
Paul & Percy (Kipper Digital, Denmark)
W.I.L.D. (Mindgames, Iceland)
Wild Chords (Ovelin, Finland)
Dark Nebula ep 2 (Free Lunch Design, Sweden)
Life of George (LEGO, Denmark)
Sanctum (Coffee Stain, Sweden)

(The nominees for the Nordic Indie Sensation Award have yet to be announced.)

Anthony Usher
Anthony Usher
Anthony is a Liverpool, UK-based writer who fell in love with gaming while playing Super Mario World on his SNES back in the early '90s. When he isn't busy grooming his beard, you can find him replaying Resident Evil or Final Fantasy VII for the umpteenth time. Aside from gaming, Anthony likes hiking, MMA, and pretending he’s a Viking.