non profit organization industry video game awards founded 2002 headquarters stockholm sweden parent excitera website http www.gameawards.se swedish game awards is sweden s largest video game development competition . it has been held annually since 2002 and is organized by the student driven non profit entrepreneurship association at the royal institute of technology excitera . the competition s audience is students at swedish universities and high schools particularly those studying game development and software engineering . funding is handled through partnerships with various software and game development companies e.g. digital illusions ce and sun microsystems . contents 1 history 2 competition award history 2.1 current categories 2.1.1 game of the year 2.1.2 best execution in art 2.1.3 best execution in audio 2.1.4 best diversity effort 2.1.5 best execution in design 2.1.6 best execution in narrative 2.1.7 best technical execution 2.1.8 gamers choice 2.2 previous categories 2.2.1 best execution 2.2.2 best mobile game 2.2.3 best innovation 2.2.4 miscellaneous awards 3 current competition 3.1 rules 3.2 event timeline 3.3 partners 3.3.1 main partners 3.3.2 gold partners 3.3.3 silver partners 3.3.4 bronze partners 3.4 current categories 4 previous competition 4.1 previous partners 4.1.1 previous main partners 4.1.2 previous gold partners 4.1.3 previous silver partners 4.1.4 previous bronze partners 4.1.5 previous event partners 4.1.6 previous media partners 4.2 previous awards 5 references 6 external links history edit swedish game awards started in 2002 as a pc only game competition under the name kth game awards and was targeted mainly at students in the stockholm area . in 2004 kth game awards was merged with another competition organized by excitera called the excitera mobile award . this led to the creation of special class for mobile phone games . after its first iteration the name was changed to swedish game awards to reflect the increase in scope from local to national competition as well as the fact that the competition had grown to be the largest of its kind in sweden . 1 in 2014 the competitions hosts changed from students of royal institute of technology to students of s dert rn university while still maintaining its cooperation with excitera . in 2015 the competition added the category best diversity effort as a result of their cooperataion with diversi to reflect the games industry s increasing interest in variation of its developers and consumers . the final day of the competition also had its first livestream on youtube by cooperating with students of medieinstitutet to make the announcement of the winners available directly to the public . it also broke the previous record of submitted games in 2014 which was 98 with 104 games . the competition has gradually gained recognition from swedish game development companies and universities as a way for students to show their game development capabilities and thus increase their chances of getting employment within the video game industry . competition award history edit current categories edit game of the year edit 2015 adventure on clover island 2014 defunct 2013 epigenesis 2012 secrets of grindea 2011 dead meets lead 2010 dwarfs 2009 bloodline champions 2008 magicka 2007 puzzlegeddon 2006 dawnspire prelude 2005 crazyball 2004 saga of ina 2003 xazzon best execution in art edit 2015 adventure on clover island 2014 piggy best execution in audio edit 2015 sons of eye championship 2014 beat it best diversity effort edit 2015 iris & earl best execution in design edit 2015 frog climbers 2014 cubetrip best execution in narrative edit 2015 adal s vikings 2014 siege of stockholm best technical execution edit 2015 rymdstenar 2014 magnetic 1 gamers choice edit 2015 frog climbers 2014 gamer s choice flash and crash 2013 gamer s choice fly or die 2012 gamer s choice build n break 2010 gamer s choice eggnappers 2009 gamer s choice conquer the hood 2008 gamer s choice boingo previous categories edit best execution edit 2013 little warlock 2012 2011 2010 br00t4l qwest 2009 imperii 2008 boingo best mobile game edit 2013 dungeon heroes 2012 forlorn 2011 block breaker 2010 phoenix spirit 2008 swarm 2007 magnotix 2006 quantum 2005 ice cakes best innovation edit 2013 king of the thrill 2012 blobbz online 2011 zap the bugs 2010 block tower wars 2009 carpet wrestling 2008 blueberry garden 2007 fret nice 2006 sumo 2005 promqueen 2004 war siege & conquest miscellaneous awards edit 2015 game of the year nominees the hungry maw from outer space frog climbers rymdresa 2013 best scenario grief 2011 jury honour nomination unmechanical 2010 best web game continuity 2009 best xna game bloodline champions 2009 best java fx imperii 2007 best xna game gravitron ultra 2007 jury honour nomination streambolt desero boiler raven tale 2007 best pc game runner up harvest massive encounter 2007 best mobile game runner up heximon 2006 jury honour nomination deadbolt 2005 sony ericsson mobile java 3d award 3d cube 2004 jury honour nomination hockey current competition edit the 2014 2015 competition is organized by a team of stockholm based university students in various fields related to game design . in its 13th year the swedish game awards continues annually to draw greater numbers of entries from student development teams across sweden . rules edit the parameters to the competition have remained relatively stable over the years aimed toward providing a launching pad for talented independent student game developers to develop new and marketable games . the official rules are available at http gameawards.se competition rules . event timeline edit the process of the swedish game awards spans the majority of each academic year . beginning in october with the sga kickoff previous winners current jury members and corporate sponsors are invited to present their perspectives of the game industry and the swedish game awards in particular to the upcoming year s participants . also at this time the various award categories are announced . the competition submissions are developed by independent teams during the year culminating in a jury weekend and grand finale party in late may . in the early months of the competition the sga tour also occurs . during the tour representatives from the swedish game awards visit universities and technical schools across the country to engage with competition participants . partners edit main partners edit king company dice arrowhead game studios sweden game arena autodesk gold partners edit mag interactive silver partners edit paradox interactive epic games bronze partners edit rovio entertainment avalanche studios current categories edit game of the year gamers choice best diversity effort best execution in art best execution in audio best execution in design best execution in narrative best technical execution previous competition edit previous partners edit here is a list of previous partners that have sponsored the swedish game awards in some way in the past . previous main partners edit hp intel arm epic games king company previous gold partners edit dice arrowhead game studios rovio entertainment mali developer center previous silver partners edit paradox interactive dice wooga stardoll fondia grand cru games previous bronze partners edit autodesk easy studios junebud gamers gate swedish national defence college avalanche studios bitsquid hansoft previous event partners edit easytryck.se previous media partners edit the square publication previous awards edit best execution best innovation best mobile game best scenario best serious game references edit swedish game awards 2011 history external links edit youtube channel youtube channel since 2015 . youtube channel old youtube channel 2009 2010 . facebook page official facebook page . twitter page official twitter page since 2015 . swedish game awards official site swedish game awards concept art challenge mini challenge concept 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