Yesterday was quite a hectic day. We arrived in Stockholm around lunch time and went straight to Hotell Hellsten where the Paradox press event was taking place. After a number of announcements by the respective developers regarding the Paradox 2009 line-up it was our turn to talk about Boingo. During the brief presentation we showed some concepts of our main character redesign for the first time, with good reception. We will present the new look on the blog in the near future so that everyone else gets to see it. 

After the event it was time for interviews so we went up to the bar to try and sort out the chaos caused by everyone trying to talk to each other at once. First up was radio show [gejm] by Uppsala Studentradio, quickly followed by norwegian gaming site Gamer.no. During the following hour we were interview by danish site Pixel TV, Gamespot UK, swedish site Gamereactor and british magazine PC Zone.

After the interviews we went from the hotel to Restaurang EGO for the Paradox Game Pub with food and drinks galore. After a couple of hours of mingling and talking to assorted industry people and press it was time for the announcement of the winner of the Gameplayer.se and Paradox Interactive game development competition. 

Congratulations Flipside of the Divive!

We hope this will prove to be a great opportunity for you guys!

After the announcement we we’re interviewed by Gameplayer.se and they have said that they will publish videos from the event on monday, so be sure to check that out. Also if there is anyone reading this who has their own game project that they’re working on, don’t forget to enter the next cycle of the competition (Sweden only). Information regarding this should be made available on Gameplayer.se during next month. 

We will be posting links to any interviews or articles regarding the event as we find them, so don’t forget to check back or subscribe to our RSS-feed. 

Now for a stroll around the streets of Stockholm before going back to Karlshamn. So long!