The nominees for the German Computer Game Award 2024 have been announced.
The nominees for the German Computer Game Award 2024 have been announced. The main jury met on March 14th and 15th to determine the winners of the most important prize in the German games industry from a total of 27 nominated games and prototypes.
The three candidates for the main prize in the “Best German Game” category are Atlas Fallen from Deck 13 Entertainment, EVERSPACE 2 from ROCKFISH Games and Fall of Porcupine from Critical Rabbit.
There is a total of 800,000 dollars in prize money, which will be distributed across the various categories. In the categories “Best German Game”, “Young Talent Award Best Debut” and “Young Talent Award Best Prototype”, not only the winners receive prize money, but also all nominees.
The jury consists of representatives from the games industry, science, culture, media and politics and, chaired by Mareike Ottrand, Professor of Interactive Illustration and Games at HAW Hamburg, decides on the best German games of the year. A list of all jury members can be found here
“We were allowed to judge a colorful bouquet of great games and – as always – it was not easy to make a decision in any category,” said Mareike Ottrand. “I’m looking forward to the award ceremony in Munich and to the sparkling eyes of the winners!”
Presenter Katrin Bauerfeind and entertainer Uke Bosse will once again host the awards ceremony on April 18th at the Eisbach Studios in Munich. The German Computer Game Prize 2024 will also be live www.deutscher-computerspielpreis.deTwitch and YouTube broadcast.
Voting in the Player of the Year category has now opened. About this one shortcut Participation is possible until April 11, 2024.
All 2024 nominees at a glance:
Best German game (Endowed with 100,000 dollars for the winning game and 30,000 dollars each for the two other nominees)
- Atlas fell (Deck 13 Interactive/Focus Entertainment)
- Everspace 2 (ROCKFISH games)
- Fall of the porcupine (Critical Rabbit/Assemble Entertainment)
Best family game (endowed with 40,000 dollars)
- CubeQuest – A QB game (Stephan Göbel)
- Scott Whiskers in: The Search for Mr. Fumbleclaw (Failed Factory)
- Magic and secrets (Alchemist Interactive/rokaplay)
Young Talent Award Best Debut (endowed with 60,000 dollars for the winning game and 25,000 dollars each for the two other nominees)
- To infinity (hectare/NACON)
- Fall of the porcupine (Critical Rabbit/Assemble Entertainment)
- Lose CTRL (Play from your heart)
Young Talent Award Best Prototype (Endowed with 50,000 dollars for the winning game and 25,000 dollars each for the two other nominees)
- bloodletting (Katharina “Mikey” Müller, David Cafisso, Marvin Braun, Alica Schneider/Berlin University of Technology and Economics)
- EcoGnomix (Lars Hinnerk Grevsmühl, Lars Eble, Bahy Nguyen, Marcel Zurawka, Alec Shae)
- Footgun: Underground (Eduard Dobermann, Theo Lohmüller, Georg Nimke, Robert Pistea, Lukas Salewsky)
- Disapproved (Anca-Stefania Tutescu, Jan Barow, Julian Heinken)
- REPLICAS (Sarah Inés Roeder, Rody Nawezi, Leonhard Glasses, Maximilian Götz/ HAW Hamburg)
Best innovation and technology (endowed with 40,000 dollars)
- Everspace 2 (ROCKFISH games)
- Marble labyrinth (Fox Gathering)
- Railway Empire 2 (Gaming Minds Studios/Kalypso Media Group)
Best serious game (endowed with 40,000 dollars)
- Duru – About Mulle and Depression (Twisted Ramble games)
- Friedrich Ebert – The path to democracy (Playing History/Reich President Friedrich Ebert Memorial Foundation)
- Nature? Politically. (Tiny Crocodile Studios/European Academy Berlin)
Best audio design (endowed with 40,000 dollars)
- To infinity (hectare/NACON)
- Everspace 2 (ROCKFISH games)
- Fall of the porcupine (Critical Rabbit/Assemble Entertainment)
Best game design (endowed with 40,000 dollars)
- Everspace 2 (ROCKFISH games)
- Lose CTRL (Play from your heart)
- Little Thor (Asylum Square/Gameforge)
Best graphic design (endowed with 40,000 dollars)
- Atlas fell (Deck 13 Interactive/Focus Entertainment)
- AWAKENING (Pixelsplit/DAEDALIC Entertainment)
- The Bear – A story from the world of Gra (Bucks! Games)
Best Mobile Game (endowed with 40,000 dollars)
- Cat rescue story (Tivola games)
- Götz (sleeping seeds)
- Royal Revolt: A Merchant’s Tale (Upright Games)
Best story (endowed with 40,000 dollars)
- To infinity (hectare/NACON)
- Fall of the porcupine (Critical Rabbit/Assemble Entertainment)
- The Bear – A story from the world of Gra (Bucks! Games)
Studio of the Year (endowed with 50,000 dollars)
- Aesir Interactive
- Pixel Maniacs
- play story
Player of the Year (undoped)
- A normal disaster
- Fabian Siegismund
- Franziska Bülow
- Just Becci
- Maurice Weber
Best International Game (undoped)
- Alan Wake 2 (Remedy Entertainment/Epic Games)
- Baldur’s Gate 3 (Running Studios)
- Super Mario Bros Wonder (Nintendo)
Special Jury Prize (endowed with 10,000 dollars)
No nominations.
Submissions in the national categories were largely developed in Germany. This usually corresponds to at least 80 percent. After the expert juries have discussed the nominations, the main jury selects the winners based on aspects such as quality, innovative content, fun, as well as cultural and educational standards and impact.
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