
The nominations have been selected by an expert jury consisting of media and retailers. Apart from the chairperson of the jury, Ove Kaufeldt, the jury is secret until the winners have been announced.
"2011 proved to be a year when, in several categories even the big titles had a hard time simply getting nominated. I must admit that I, in some cases was quite surprised that some of the categories, included the nominees that they did, said, chairperson of the jury, Ove Kaufeldt.
The nominees for the People's choice award will be presented on 16 February on www.dataspelsgalan.se where the voting will take place.
The nominees for these years' awards are:
Game of the year
Swedish game of the year
Casual game of the year
Action game of the year
Platform game of the year
Sports game of the year
Strategy game of the year
Adventure game of the year
Party game of the year
Multiplayer game of the year
Racing game of the year
For questions regarding the nominations please contact:
Chairperson of the jury
Ove Kaufeldt
Ove.kaufeldt@shin-ken.se
For inquiries regarding Swedish Video Game Award Gala contact:
Gala Project manager
Maria Tjärnlund
Maria.tjarnlund@dataspelsbranschen.se