We are proud to announce that the Swedish National Defense College (Försvarshögskolan) has entered into partnership with us as Finale Partner for this year’s competition. This will be the second year Swedish Game Awards partner up with The Swedish National Defense College. As Finale Partner, the College will among other things receive one seat in the jury as well as the opportunity to speak at the Game Developers Workshop held on the 27th of February.
The College is excited to through our new serious games prize category be able to help promote games that has an aim outside of pure entertainment; games that seek to educate players and promote ideas.
About The Swedish National Defence College:
The Swedish National Defence College (Försvarshögskolan) was established as a national university college on January 1, 2008, with the right to issue academic degrees. This implies that we can now offer civilian university study programmes to a greater extent than before.
The College’s task is to contribute towards national and international security through research and development. Research is carried out in diverse, but inter-related subject areas and subsequently disseminated to other interested sectors of society both nationally and internationally.
Part of the research conducted is an inter-agency initiative (Games for Defence) to explore the possibilities of games and gaming for future training and education. This is a comprehensive approach which includes games research, game testing, prototype development, technology evaluation and trends analysis of the commercial games industry.
