Hades is the first video game to win a Hugo Award

The roguelike developed and published by Supergiant Games becomes the first video game to obtain this award

The Hugo Awards are presented by the World Science Fiction Society (WSFS). Since 1953, the best works of Science fiction o fancy published during the previous year are recognized in these awards. Hugo gernsback

, founder of the science fiction magazine Amazing stories, and who is considered one of the fathers of the genre, gives his name to these prestigious awards.

Until now, this competition had not had a category of “Best Video Game”It was in 2021 that the WSFS decided to create it. Underworld It was chosen as the best sci-fi or fantasy work in a video game. The nominees were:

• The last of us 2
• Spiritist
• Underworld
• Final Fantasy 7 remake
• Animal crossing: new horizons
• Blasball.

Hades goes down in history as the first video game to win one of these prestigious awards. But it may not be the last. Although the category of best video game is not permanent in the Hugo

, the WSFS rethinks, in the future, to maintain this category. According to Colette Forzard, interactive works represent a great opportunity for the dissemination of the genre.

“Since the start of 2020, a lot of us have spent more time playing than we thought. This award gives fans the opportunity to celebrate games that have been important, that have brought us joy and that have been exceptional this past year. “

COLETTE FOZARD, CO-PRESIDENT OF THE HUGO AWARDS