{"rewrite":{"id":"r_27a2d45f0616be8a116bcd16","clusterId":"c_d097a55d9fe482947d06652b","slug":"reanimal-wins-swedish-design-award-from-prince-carl-philip","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"REANIMAL Wins Swedish Design Award From Prince Carl Philip","summary":"THQ Nordic announced that the cooperative horror adventure REANIMAL has received the Swedish design award Utmarkt Svensk Form. The award ceremony took place in Sweden on August 27, 2026, with Prince Carl Philip of the Swedish Royal Family presenting the prize. REANIMAL is developed by Tarsier Studios, the team behind the Little Nightmares series. Utmarkt Svensk Form is presented by Svensk Form, a Swedish design promotion organization established in 1845, and is positioned as the organization's most prestigious award, selecting outstanding designs from a wide range of fields. The jury's selection reason praised the game for expanding the unique potential of video games as a medium of artistic expression through deep craftsmanship in environmental storytelling, atmosphere, and interactive design, noting that players are guided to explore, interpret, and construct meaning for themselves. Oliver Melrov, CEO of Tarsier Studios, said being recognized by Svensk Form holds great significance for the studio and its work, adding that the team is honored to help showcase Sweden's cultural presence to the world. REANIMAL released on February 13, 2026, and is available for PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch 2. Chapter 1 of the additional content The Expanded World is currently available.","whyItMatters":"The award recognizes a horror game from the Little Nightmares studio as an artistic expression in a design context, not a gaming award, marking a crossover acknowledgment of video games by Sweden's established design establishment.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe jury for Utmarkt Svensk Form framed the selection around artistic expression rather than gameplay metrics, describing REANIMAL as a work that expands the unique potential of video games as a medium. The game casts players as orphaned siblings who aim to escape their home island to rescue missing companions, a premise that supports cooperative play. Tarsier Studios\u0026#39; CEO Oliver Melrov emphasized the studio\u0026#39;s blend of different approaches and sources of inspiration among its developers as the source of work that remains in the memories of players around the world. Svensk Form, established in 1845, operates as a design promotion organization, and this award is considered its most prestigious. The ceremony in Sweden on August 27, 2026, was led by Prince Carl Philip, a member of the royal family who has been involved in design advocacy. Alongside the award news, THQ Nordic noted that Chapter 1 of the three-chapter additional content The Expanded World is now available, with a season pass currently discounted for PS5 and Nintendo Switch 2, though the discount details vary by store page.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"REANIMAL's award from Prince Carl Philip places a horror game within a design tradition that predates the medium by a century, treating its atmosphere as craft.","twitterPost":"REANIMAL's win reframes Tarsier Studios' horror as design, judged by a century-old Swedish institution.","threadsPost":"REANIMAL's award from Svensk Form, presented by Prince Carl Philip, positions a horror game within a design legacy that began in 1845. The jury's citation reads like a manifesto for environmental storytelling, focusing on how players construct meaning rather than on scares.","newsletterBlurb":"Tarsier Studios' horror adventure REANIMAL has won Sweden's top design award, Utmarkt Svensk Form, with Prince Carl Philip presenting the prize. The jury praised the game's environmental storytelling as artistic expression. 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