Denmark Chapter - Local Community
PC / Consoles / Mac
Name | Location | Focus | Notes |
3rd Person Interactive | Copenhagen | Games for women | - |
Casual Concepts | Århus | - | - |
D.Magic | Skanderborg | - | - |
Deadline Games | Copenhagen | - | - |
Digital Arts | Copenhagen | Real-time, 3D, C++, DirectX | VisuAll, ColorCode 3-D in hardware. |
Flux Studios | København | PC games | - |
Guppyworks | Copenhagen | PC game (HCA, GuppyLife), proprietary games AI technology | Currently working on the games HCA and GuppyLife. |
Hunt for gold | - | - | Develops free Java games |
InterActive Vision | Silkeborg | - | - |
IO Interactive | Copenhagen | AAA PC/Console games | Hitman series, Freedom Fighter earlier reto-moto. Owned by Eidos |
ITE | Copenhagen | Interactive Television, Children | Hugo game. Owned by Olicom |
Ivanoff | Copenhagen | Children games and TV episodes | Magnus & Myggen |
Katago | Århus | - | Earlier Entale. |
LEGO | Billund | - | Actually, most games development is outsourced to UK company Giant Interactive Entertainment |
Matchplay | Århus | Game development, consulting | Experience brought in from Pixeleer, Edugames, ITE, Scavengers, Psygnosis |
MediaMobsters | Copenhagen | - | - |
OverTheEdge | Copenhagen | Game engine, game development | GooBall, Unity middleware solution |
OddLabs | Odense | 3D games for Linux, MacOSX and Windows | Creators of Tribal Trouble |
Progressive Media | Aalborg | GBA, XBox, mobile phones. | - |
Romerne | - | - | Hobby project? |
Runestone | Århus | MMORPG via digital distribution | SEED |
Serious Games | Copenhagen | - | Develops Serious Games. |
SilverStar Games | Århus | DX9 Real-time rendering engine and game development | Working on mini-golf game. |
Space Time Foam | Copenhagen | C++, Flash. | Chase Ace. |
Studio 1-2 | Herning | Children | Pixeline |
Sweatbox Animation | Copenhagen | 2D Animation, small games | - |
Tabularasa Games | Copenhagen | PC/XBox RTS/action | Hanibal: Vengance of Carthage |
Virvar Deluxe | Tranbjerg | 3D games. | Martin D. Christensen |
Viz-IT | Søborg | Web games and visualization. | See also TeamVision |
ZeitGuyz | København | AAA fantasy-action shooter. | - |
Zero Point Software ApS | København | AAA, FPS, PC | - |
Handheld, mobile & TV, Web
Name | Location | Focus | Notes |
Core Websystems | Århus | - | - |
Ezentia | Copenhagen | - | - |
Gamalocus | Copenhagen | Multiplayer strategy/RPG games for the internet | Call of the Warlords. |
ITAC | Copenhagen | - | - |
Joch Multimedie | Horbelev | Games & advertainment | John Christiansen |
Kiloo | Århus | Java, Mobile | - |
Kongo Interactive | Copenhagen | B-2-B communication, advertainment, edutainment, e-learning | Formed by some of the people behind Savannah. |
Kudos | Copenhagen | 2D/3D animation, games and commercials. | Creator of Rich in Paradise (formed by a few former IOI, Nordisk film and A-film guys). |
Mini-clip Tournaments | Århus | Casual online tournament games, community and payment | - |
Mirrormind Media | Copenhagen | - | - |
Novalicious | Basel | GBA, GBC, J2ME | Sam Nova |
Pink Floor | Copenhagen | Web, SMS, Girls | - |
Planet | Copenhagen | Web and mobile. | - |
Shockwaved | Copenhagen | Multiplayer, Multi media, flash gaming, Octane server | Creating gaming experiences for brands that require a marketing edge. |
Soup | Copenhagen | - | - |
Titoonic | Copenhagen | Add-Games, 2D/3D animation, storytelling | - |
TTPCom | Aalborg | Mobile Phone Game Engine | Game site, WGE |
Visionik (NDS Denmark) | Copenhagen | Interactive Television | - |
WhatAGame | Copenhagen | Mobile games | The Era of Eleidon series |
Modelling, animation & graphics
Name | Location | Focus | Notes |
3D Connection | Copenhagen | 3D | - |
3D VIZ-ART | Helsingør | 3D | - |
3Dmercenary | Copenhagen | 3D | - |
3rd-dimension | Copenhagen | 3D | - |
3Shape | Copenhagen | 3D Scanning | - |
A Film | Copenhagen | 2D Animation | - |
Computeranimation | - | 2D/3D, animation | -Misc. people related to computeranimation |
Dan Lund | Copenhagen | 3D | Cool links to other Danish 3D sites |
Firsteye / Thomas Suurland | Silkeborg | 3D modelling | See also: www.suurland.com |
Ghost | Copenhagen | - | - |
HamsterKing | - | 2D/3D | - |
Hatetank | Århus | 3D | - |
JA Film | Århus | 2D/3D animation | - |
Kenneth Fejer | UK | 2D/3D animation | - |
Krogh Mortensen Animation | Copenhagen | 2D/3D animation | - |
MoCap Copenhagen | Copenhagen | Motion capture | - |
Pixeleer | Århus | 2D | See
also: MM Icons |
Stensgaard | Århus | 3D modelling | - |
Spinvision | Copenhagen / Skive | 2D/3D animation | - |
Wilddemo | Ølstykke | 3D modelling | - |
Sound
Name | Location | Focus | Notes |
Epic Sound | Copenhagen | Music, Sound design, Voice acting | References: ITE, KMA, MediaMobsters, Visionik, Kiloo, Coca-Cola... |
Simon Holm | Copenhagen | - | - |
SoundFields | Frederiksberg | - | - |
WaveForm | Copenhagen | - | - |
Tools & Middleware
Name | Location | Focus | Notes |
Game Trust | Århus | - | - |
TurnTool | Århus | 3D web technology | Spin-off from Pixeleer's Z3D engine |
Gamedesign
/ Storytelling
Name | Location | Focus | Notes |
Congin | Copenhagen | - | - |
Education & Academia involved in game development
Name | Location | Focus | Notes |
Blackwood | Copenhagen | - | - |
DIKU | Copenhagen | CS edu./research | Rolemaker |
DTU | Lyngby | polyt. edu./research | - |
Game Design Documents | - | - | - |
Game Research | - | research, forum | Was Autofire.dk |
IT University | Copenhagen | IT edu./research | Spiluddannelsen, http://www.smmog.dk |
Københavns tekniske skole/Copenhagen Polytechnic | Copenhagen | 3D education | - |
Playscape Research | - | - | - |
TeamVision | Søborg | 3D education | Virtools, Cult3D - See also VizIT |
Terrain | Lyngby / DTU | Very large detailed terrains | - |
TrueMax | Copenhagen | 3D education | 3D Game Designer Course |
VR-C | Copenhagen | - | - |
Internet portals
Name | Location | Focus | Notes |
3D Gamers | - | - | - |
Boomtown | Copenhagen | - | - |
Daily Rush | Copenhagen | - | - |
Gamereactor | Copenhagen | - | Report from the very first IGDA meeting. |
Jubii | Copenhagen | - | - |
Spiludvikling | Copenhagen | - | - |
Spilzonen | Copenhagen | - | - |
Magazines / PR
Name | Location | Focus | Notes |
Gamez | Lyngby | New games | Free magazine |
PC Player | Copenhagen | PC games | - |
United Coders | Køge | Nordic PR agency | - |
Television
Name | Location | Focus | Notes |
Game Zone | DK4 | Games. | also a magazine |
NextGame | TV3 | Games | - |
Raketfart | TV2 Zulu | Games and cyberculture. | - |
Sprites | DK4 | Games. | - |
Troldspejlet | DR | Games, movies, cartoons, books. | - |
Radio
Name | Location | Focus | Notes |
Harddisken | DR-P1 | Science and technology. | - |
Conferences
Name | Location | Focus | Notes |
3D Festival | Copenhagen | 3D and games conference and expo | Postponed to 2006. |
Game Developers World | Copenhagen | Game developmment conference | Part of 3D Festival |
NIME | Göteborg | Game conference and expo | Only held once in 2001. |
Nordic Interactive Conference | Copenhagen | - | - |
Shaderday | Copenhagen | - | - |
Visionday | Copenhagen | - | - |
Museums
Name | Location | Focus | Notes |
Sporup Arcade Museum | Sporup (Århus/Silkeborg) | Old arcade machines. | - |
Publishers / distributors
Name | Location | Focus | Notes |
DR Multimedie | Søborg | - | - |
Electronic Arts | Lyngby | - | - |
Infogrames | Århus | - | - |
K.E. Media / Game Factory | Århus | - | Owned by K.E. Mathiesen toy company |
Nintendo | Copenhagen | - | - |
Sandager Small Games | Copenhagen | Mobile games publishing | Owned by Michael Buch (former CEO og Savannah Games). |
Ubi Soft Entertainment Nordic | Frederiksberg | - | - |
Organizations / Politics
Name | Location | Focus | Notes |
Multimedieforeningen | Copenhagen | - | - |
Producentforeningen | Copenhagen | - | Organisation of Danish game development companies. |
Spilpolitik.dk | Copenhagen | Children, youth and computergames | Website by Multimedieforeningen about politics and information for parents. |
Venture / Incubators / Innovators involved in game development
Name | Location | Focus | Notes |
Louiz | Copenhagen | Cultural incubation | |
Media DESK | Copenhagen | EU support | Bitmonks, Gamalocus, Kongo Interactive, Niemo Entertainment, Pinkfloor, Deadline Games, Pixeleers, Savannah, IO Interactive |
Olicom | Lyngby | - | ITE. |
Syddansk Innovation | Odense | Vækststøtte og virksomhedsinkubation | Guppyworks |
Symbion | Copenhagen | - | Gamalocus, Sjuzet. |
Teknologisk Innovation | Tåstrup | - | Bitmonks, MediaMobsters. |
Østjysk Innovation | Århus | Vækststøtte og virksomhedsinkubation | Runestone |
Nostalgy :)
Name | Location | Focus | Notes |
3B Gamez | Copenhagen | AAA Console games | Started by Kenneth Madsen and brothers, funded by Nordisk Film, reached prototyping stage and closed after approx. 9 month |
3D4web | Copenhagen | 3D web. | Website closed |
3DVision | Copenhagen | - | Closed 2004. |
Agency | Copenhagen | Interactive Television | Was mother of Visionik |
Andromeda 9 | - | - | Website closed |
Bitmonks | Copenhagen | PS2, XBox. | Action RPG's, "Pandora", European myths, geography & history. |
Brandts | Copenhagen | - | Ivanoff, 3D Festival. |
BrainBug | Århus | - | SuperStarWars, LollyPop. |
Church
of Electronic Entertainment |
- | Racer games | SpaceHaste |
Crash Productions | Copenhagen | - | Website closed July 14th 2003 |
Droid Development | Copenhagen | - | - |
Electronic Gardeners | Århus | - | - |
Entale | Århus | - | - |
Gamatize | Copenhagen | - | - |
Game Invaders | Århus | - | - |
Hokus Pokus Games | Århus | GBA, PS2, XBox. | - |
Insert Coin | Copenhagen | Game business | Nordic Games Busines magazine |
Invade Games | Århus | - | Website closed |
Inverse Cinematics | Dundee, Scotland | - | Website closed |
Just.die.m$ | Lyngby / DTU | Misc. rendering | Website closed |
M-A-G-I-C | Copenhagen | - | Bible. |
Marble Eyes | Vanløse | - | - |
MeloManiac | Copenhagen | - | Joined Epic Sound |
Mystical Multimedia | Copenhagen | - | Joined Epic Sound |
Niemo Entertainment | Hedehusene | - | Website closed |
NineAces | Odense | 3D RPG | Hobby project? |
Peach | Copenhagen | Web | - |
Pentagang | - | - | Was a game development group (with roots in the demo scene) and now "only" a World of Warcraft guild. |
Peroxide | Århus | RPG | Freeware game developer. Era (Ultima 1 clone). |
Persei Entertainment | - | - | Website not updated since 22 September 2002. |
Pixeleers | Århus | - | Thomas & Tim, It cam for Zog. |
Playing GOD | Copenhagen | Games On Demand | - |
Psyclone Games | Copenhagen | - | Earlier Nuke Software. |
Ronkedor | Århus | - | - |
Savannah | Copenhagen | Children | Now owned by Dansk Bredbånd only to sell from back catalog - no development anymore |
Scavenger | Århus | - | - |
Sjuzet | Copenhagen | Stories for interactive media. | - |
Softwice | Århus | Online games and multimedia | Website closed |
Space Invaders | Copenhagen | Multimedia school | |
Tailor-made Games | Copenhagen | Java | - |
TRISTONE | Copenhagen | - | - |
Unwiredfactory A/S | Copenhagen | Location based Mobile Games / Business applications | http://www.zonemaster.dk, http://de.battlemachine.com, http://www.basistracking.dk |
ViaMetropol | Copenhagen | - | - |
Xeet | - | - | - |
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