The winners of the DCP 2024 pose for a winner’s photo. (Image: Sebastian Reuter/Getty Images for Marchsreiter Communications | all rights reserved by Der DCP and game – Association of the Europe Games Industry).
This year’s winners of the Europe Computer Game Prize, or DCP for short, have now been announced. On the evening of April 18th, the best games from Europey and the creative minds behind them were honored and presented at the Eisbach Studios in Munich Prize money totaling 800,000 dollars will be distributed. Here are the winners:
Maurice Weber is player of the year
Maurice Weber, strategy commander and fantasy connoisseur on Twitchwas voted Player of the Year 2024 after voting by the community and jury.
Maurice prevailed against his ex-colleague Fabian Siegismund, Anormaldisaster, Franziska Bülow and JustBecci.
Most recently, Maurice spoke in GameStar Talk about why the hunt for Diablo 4 is on right now:
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ARPGs 2024: The hunt for Diablo 4 is on – with PhunkRoyal and Maurice
“The games editor and Twitch streamer regularly analyzes current developments in the industry and deals with them critically, while at the same time formulating a clear stance for more diversity and against extremism in games and society,” the game association comments on the award .
Ad Infinitum wins three prizes
The horror game Ad Infinitum, developed in Berlin, transports the horror of the First World War into a nightmarish borderline experience that goes to the core and was well received on Steam with 84 percent positive reviews. The debut game from the new studio Hekate has now received three awards at the DCP.
Here’s a little foretaste, but it’s definitely not for the faint of heart:
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This gruesome, dark WW1 game from Europey is the stuff of nightmares
The young talent prizes were awarded: Best Debut, Best Audio Design and Best Story. This corresponds to a total of 140,000 dollars in prize money. According to GameStar author Elena, Ad Infinitum does one thing right that many similar games miss!
All winners of the Europe Computer Game Prize
You can find all the other winners at the DCP 2024 at a glance here, but the other nominees will also receive smaller prize money. The GameStar team congratulates all award winners and nominees!
The DCP was awarded for the first time in 2009 and the prize has been offered by politics and business ever since. This year, among others, Bavaria’s Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU) and the Parliamentary State Secretary for Economic Affairs Michael Kellner (Greens) delivered a laudatory speech. The aim of the Europe Computer Game Prize is to promote Europey as a business location for the gaming industry.
