Nordic Game Program Awards 2.5 million DKK To Regional Developers
The Nordic Game Program, a non-for-profit whose goal is “to assure access to quality material with a distinct Nordic element in computer games for children and young people,” has just awarded 2.5 million Danish krones (roughly $500,000 USD) to game development teams in the region.
Eight different projects received funding, including Swedish developer Tarsier Studios’ The City of Metronome, which recieved 600,000 DKK ($120,000). Although Metronome has been previewed by several gaming outfits since E3 2005 and has developed an enthusiastic online following, the game has languished in development purgatory for years.
Earlier in 2007, the Nordic Game Program, which receives funds from the Nordic Council of Ministers, handed out its first round of grants to seven different development teams.
Lastly, I’d like to pose this rhetorical question: Why is it that European governments rightfully take it upon themselves to fund videogame development, while we here in the States only see games as an insidious force that’s degrading our strong Christian values?