Finnish Virtual Dawn wins Nordic Game Pitch Battle in Helsinki

Virtual Dawn (Finland) with their game Five-Star: Chef Ops

At Epicenter on Friday, 29 November, three talented teams competed live on stage in the Nordic Game Pitch Battle, concluding NG23 Helsinki, Nordic Game’s annual autumn event in the Finnish capital and this year’s official Slush games industry side event.

The contestants in the pitch competition, organised with support of Xsolla Funding, were Broken Cane (Finland) with Aris Arcanum, GAMECR3W/Diehard Studios (Czechia) with Son of the Dragon King and Virtual Dawn (Finland) with Five-Star: Chef Ops, selected from a pool of more than 40 game developers, all participating in NG23 Helsinki.

Winners Virtual Dawn, represented by studio lead Antti Martikainen, did a great job presenting their upcoming VR title Five-Star: Chef Ops to the judges in Helsinki, including industry expert Patrick Rose, Neogames chief business advisor Suvi Latva and Xsolla Funding BD manager and indie specialist Nathan Sölbrandt.

Big congrats to Virtual Dawn, who won a consultancy package from Xsolla Funding and a deluxe indie package for NG24 Spring next May, including a booth in the Developer Showcase and paid travel to/from and accommodation in Malmö, Sweden for next year’s event. Also many thanks to contestants Broken Cane and GAMECR3W/Diehard Studios, who did great as well ���

NG23 Helsinki presented with the support of our partners and sponsors including Dirtybit, Housemarque, MeetToMatch, Neogames, Nordic Game Ventures, Phantom Gamelabs, Remangu (Revolgy), Slush (as official games industry side event), Suomen Pelinkehittäjät, TreebuddyEarth, Xsolla Funding and Zempie (FROMtheRED).