Finnish, Swedish Games Heavily Favored At International Mobile Gaming Awards
This year Barcelona is playing host to the eighth International Mobile Gaming Awards as part of the Mobile World Congress. Almost 500 games in total were submitted for review, and the list has been whittled down to 30 games in 6 categories. We noticed the Nordics and Baltics were heavily favored on the list, and includes 5 games from Finland, 3 from Sweden, and one game from Lithuania.
Alan Wake Set To Release May 21st In Europe, May 18th In The States
The Finnish Helsingin Sanomat has interviewed Sami Järvi the writer of the game and in the article they also confirm the release dates for Alan Wake. The game is set to be released in Europe on the 21st of May and in the US, a few days earlier, on the 18th. A while back in a "Predictions for 2010" -post I predicted that the game will be launched a few months late, but it seems that there is no reason at the moment to delay it. After all, the release date is about 2 months away.
Remedy Entertainment Sheds Some Light On Alan Wake
Remedy Entertainment, a Finnish gaming company, has revealed some more information regarding their newest game Alan Wake, which has a planned release date in the Spring 2010. For those unfamiliar with Remedy Entertainment, they are the developers of Max Payne the first person shooter based in the city of New York. The game was an immense success by all means and they later sold the rights to the game for $10 million US to Take-Two Interactive as well as close to million shares of stock.
