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‘Empire: Total War’ wins at the Danish Game Awards


February 27, 2010

The winners are in from the Danish Game Awards held yesterday – and ‘Empire: Total War’ won the award for Strategy Game of the Year, adding to its already impressive roster of awards.


Here’s the full award list – congrats to all the winners and nominees:


Game Of The Year:
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 – Infinity Ward


Sports Game Of The Year:
FIFA 10 – EA Canada


Racing Game Of The Year:
Need for Speed: Shift – Slightly Mad Studios


Platform Game Of The Year:
New Super Mario Bros. Wii – Nintendo


Strategy Game Of The Year:
Empire: Total War – The Creative Assembly


Social Game Of The Year:
Wii Sports Resort – Nintendo


Open Category:
Dragon Age: Origins – BioWare


Action Game Of The Year:
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 – Infinity Ward


The Critics’ Award:
Batman: Arkham Asylum – Rocksteady Studios


Danish Talent Of The Year:
Press Play for Max and the Magic Marker


Danish Initiative Of The Year:
Ungdomsringen


Danish Game Of The Year:
Mini Ninjas – IO Interactive


(via Gamesection.dk)




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Epic Sound on the music team for ‘Napoleon: Total War’!


February 26, 2010

The cat’s out of the bag: ‘Napoleon: Total War’ is out today, with Epic Sound’s Simon Ravn on the music team – and reviews for the music have been fantastic!


Check out the launch trailer below, and click here if you want to get in touch with Simon.


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‘Empire: Total War’ nominated for a BAFTA award


February 23, 2010

The critically acclaimed ‘Empire: Total War’ from Creative Assembly – and with Epic Sound on the music team – has been nominated for a BAFTA Best Strategy Game Award. We’re keeping our fingers crossed! It also entered the Top Ten list of Best-Selling PC games in the US for 2009.


Check out the BAFTA nominees here.



Here’s the trailer for the game:




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‘Bullseye’ – with an Epic Sound


February 19, 2010

Check out the trailer for Zero Point Software’s ‘Bullseye’, with voices by Epic Sound. The game has been selected among the Best Indie Games by Gamasutra, and is nominated for a Danish Game Award.




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Featured track: Winter Nights


February 14, 2010

Working late in the studio, and with the sun set over a Copenhagen covered in snow, I thought ‘Winter Nights’ would be a fitting way of launching our new Featured Track-segment on the blog.


This snippet is part of our demo selection, and is from an upcoming production.


Hope you enjoy it, and stop by our demo page for more tracks.




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