40 speakers announced for Nordic Game 2007

This year's Nordic Game 2007 has confirmed more than 40 speakers, including developers behind hit titles Guitar Hero, SingStar, Eve Online, Battlefield, LocoRoco and Crysis.

Harmonix developers Greg LoPiccilo and Ryan Lesser will be discussing creating games using alternative controllers, while Ben Cousins, creative director of DICE, will discuss how videogames are losing their position at the forefront of digital entertainment, and what can be learnt from Web 2.0.

The Mustard Corporation's Maurice Suckling will discuss scriptwriting in MMO's, while CCPs CEO Hilmar Veigar Petursson will be delivering one of three Nordic Game keynote addresses.

Other speakers confirmed include SingStar's Paulina Bozek, Matsuura Masay, creator of Parappa the Rapper, Crytek's Michael Khaimzon, Telltale Games' Kevin Bruner, The Behemoth's Dan Paladin, Matias Myllyrinne of Alan Wake developer Remedy Entertainment and Massive Entertainment's Christian Seger and Niklas Westberg.

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Nordic Game 2007 takes place in Malmo, Sweden, on May 15 — 16.

More information on the event can be found nordicgame.com.