{"id":1328704,"date":"2025-09-18T19:45:17","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T19:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vCdRzUp4KDWzaWSrKhU8R7"},"modified":"2025-09-18T19:45:17","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T19:45:17","slug":"in-yet-another-victory-lap-for-hazelight-studios-split-fiction-just-became-the-first-videogame-to-get-a-design-award-from-swedish-royalty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/in-yet-another-victory-lap-for-hazelight-studios-split-fiction-just-became-the-first-videogame-to-get-a-design-award-from-swedish-royalty\/","title":{"rendered":"In yet another victory lap for Hazelight Studios, Split Fiction just became the first videogame to get a design award from Swedish royalty"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>Hazelight Studios proved it could go the distance when It Takes Two sold an eye-watering <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/it-takes-two-has-somehow-sold-an-astonishing-20-million-copies-hazelight-teases-new-game-with-ea\/\">20 million copies<\/a> and took home The Game Awards&#8217; <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/it-takes-two-wins-game-of-the-year-at-the-game-awards\/\">Game of the Year<\/a>, and follow-up Split Fiction is keeping the momentum strong. Not only did it sell a <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/action\/split-fiction-sells-1-million-copies-over-2-days\/\">million copies<\/a> in two days, it&#8217;s also rapidly amassed <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/adventure\/split-fiction-review\/\">glowing reviews<\/a> and <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/action\/co-op-hit-split-fiction-now-holds-three-guinness-world-records-that-seem-destined-to-be-won-specifically-by-co-op-hit-split-fiction\/\">award nominations<\/a> of its own\u2014the latest of which was presented by the highest authority on videogames. That&#8217;s right: his majesty Carl Philip, duke of V\u00e4rmland and prince of Sweden.<\/p>\n<p>We all know that the good prince knows his GTA 5s from his Herzog Zweis, which makes it all the more galling that the Excellent Swedish Design award has never been given to a videogame before now. I suppose I can blame that on Svensk Form, or the Swedish Design Association, the non-profit which doles out the award annually.<\/p>\n<p>Split Fiction was one of <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/scandinaviandesign.com\/excellent-swedish-design-2025-winners\/\" target=\"_blank\">a dozen recipients<\/a> alongside not-videogames like the TP-7 field recorder by Teenage Engineering and a furniture collection called The King&#8217;s Hat. It isn&#8217;t possible to apply for the award, but Svensk Form&#8217;s inclusion of game designer Bobbi A. Sand in the curation jury may have had something to do with the co-op platformer&#8217;s nomination.<\/p>\n<div class=\"see-more see-more--clipped\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet hawk-ignore\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Swedish royalty (left) and his buddy (right) \ud83d\ude0fBut seriously &#8211; the prince of Sweden, his majesty Carl Philip, just awarded Split Fiction the prestigious Excellent Swedish Design award. We\u2019re thankful to be the first videogame to ever receive it! \ud83d\udc51\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddea pic.twitter.com\/9xT5KvOJDj<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cantworkitout\/status\/1968341212399820878\">September 17, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"see-more__filter\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>I don&#8217;t mean to suggest Split Fiction doesn&#8217;t deserve the award\u2014great games should be recognized as cultural achievements. Josef Fares&#8217; <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/HazelightGames\/status\/1968341212399820878\" target=\"_blank\">beaming smile<\/a> next to the Swedish prince is a nice reminder that sometimes the games industry isn&#8217;t all hellfire and torment. (Granted, I don&#8217;t expect Split Fiction publisher EA to win any awards for <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/gaming-industry\/electronic-arts-lays-off-hundreds-of-employees-and-cancels-2-incubation-projects-including-a-new-titanfall-game\/\">laying off<\/a> a chunk of its workforce earlier this year, but this is a positive article so I&#8217;ll shut up.)<\/p>\n<p>Bully for Hazelight: Split Fiction is a rollicking good time. There&#8217;s also a movie based on the game in development, but <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/movies-tv\/ill-believe-it-when-i-see-it-says-josef-fares-about-a-split-fiction-movie-theres-a-lot-of-talks-but-nothing-happens\/\">I&#8217;m not yet convinced it&#8217;s real<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"product\"><a data-dimension112=\"5aeea139-7108-489c-b513-ca28b94829b4\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2025 games\" data-dimension48=\"2025 games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:400px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:100.00%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"Vji3V6i3HDWUHeQ22PrjFL\" name=\"New Project (8).jpg\" caption=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/in-yet-another-victory-lap-for-hazelight-studios-split-fiction-just-became-the-first-videogame-to-get-a-design-award-from-swedish-royalty.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" credit=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/new-games-2025-upcoming-pc-release-schedule\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-dimension112=\"5aeea139-7108-489c-b513-ca28b94829b4\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2025 games\" data-dimension48=\"2025 games\" data-dimension25=\"\"><strong>2025 games<\/strong><\/a>: This year&#8217;s upcoming releases<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Our all-time favorites<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-50-best-free-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Free PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Freebie fest<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-fps-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best FPS games<\/strong><\/a>: Finest gunplay<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-rpgs-of-all-time\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best RPGs<\/strong><\/a>: Grand adventures<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-co-op-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best co-op games<\/strong><\/a>: Better together<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/action\/in-yet-another-victory-lap-for-hazelight-studios-split-fiction-just-became-the-first-videogame-to-get-a-design-award-from-swedish-royalty\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hazelight Studios proved it could go the distance when It Takes Two sold an eye-watering 20 million copies and took home The Game Awards&#8217; Game of the Year, and follow-up Split Fiction is keeping the momentum strong. Not only did it sell a million copies in two days, it&#8217;s also rapidly amassed glowing reviews and award nominations of its own\u2014the latest of which was presented by the highest authority on videogames. That&#8217;s right: his majesty Carl Philip, duke of V\u00e4rmland and prince of Sweden. We all know that the good prince knows his GTA 5s from his Herzog Zweis, which makes it all the more galling that the Excellent Swedish Design award has never been given to a videogame before now. I suppose I can&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/in-yet-another-victory-lap-for-hazelight-studios-split-fiction-just-became-the-first-videogame-to-get-a-design-award-from-swedish-royalty\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1328705,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[23,748],"class_list":["post-1328704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc-gamer","tag-action","tag-games"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>In yet another victory lap for Hazelight Studios, Split Fiction just became the first videogame to get a design award from Swedish royalty | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" 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