The German Computer Game Prize will be awarded once more this year - and now the games that have a chance of winning in the individual categories have been determined. Here you will see who will be nominated.
The jury for the German Computer Game Award 2023 has now selected the games or prototypes that have a good chance of winning a title. So, 27 different games or prototypes are entrant into the competition to win the 800,000 euros prize money.
The winners of the 15 categories will be announced at a large event on Thursday, May 11, 2023. The Spindler & Klatt in Berlin will also be broadcast live on www.deutscher-computerspielpreis.de. Presenter Katrin Bauerfeind and entertainer Uke Bosse will lead through the award ceremony. The prize organization is the Federal Government, represented by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection, and the German Games Industry Association.
At a glance, the nominees for 2023 are:
Best German Game (endowed with 100,000 euros for the winning game and 30,000 euros for the two other nominees)
Chained Echoes (Matthias Linda / Deck13 Spolight) Signalis (Rose Engine / Humble Games) Beholder 3 (Paintbucket Games)
The Best Family Game (endowed with 40,000 euros)
Horse Tales: Rette Emerald Valley (Aesir Interactive / Microids): Die magische Bretterbudenburg (Meander Books)
Best Debut at the Young Talent Award (endowed with 60,000 euros for the winning game and 25,000 euros each for the other two nominees)
Chained Echoes (Matthias Linda / Deck13 Spolight) Dome Keeper (Bippinbits / Raw Fury) Signalis (Rose Engine / Humble Games)
Best Prototype for the Young Talent Award (endowed with 50,000 euros for the winning game and 25,000 euros for the four other nominees)
A Sister's Journey (Florian Lackner) Light of Atlantis (Alina Fasen, Luisa Höhne, Vincent Krenzke, Simone Mayer, Alexander Nham / HAW Hamburg) Ova Magica (Claudia Gorsky) Thief of Smiles (Lars Hinnerk Grevsmühl, Alina Hies, Felix Kosian, Marcel Zurawka)
Best Audio Design (endowed with 40,000 euros)
Signalis (Rose Engine / Humble Games) The Cycle: Frontier (Yager Development) Beholder 3 (Paintbucket Games / Alawar Entertainment)
Best Expert Game (endowed with 40,000 euros)
Abriss – Build to Destroy (Randwerk Games) Touch Type Tale – Strategic Typing (Pumpernickel Studio / Epic Games) Zombie Cure Lab (Thera Bytes / Aerosoft)
The greatest game design (endowed with 40,000 euros)
Dungeons of Dreadrock (Christoph Minnameier) Signalis (Rose Engine / Humble Games) Dome Keeper (Bippinbits / Raw Fury)
Best Graphic Design (endowed with 40,000 euros)
Finding Hannah (Fein Games) and Signalis (Rose Engine / Humble Games) Abriss – Build to Destroy (Randwerk Games)
Innovation and technology at their best (endowed with 40,000 euros)
Beethoven // Opus 360 (agon e.V.) Hologate – Ghostbusters VR Academy (Hologate) Polaris Convention Mobile Game (Super Crowd Entertainment)
The Best Mobile Game (endowed with 40,000 euros)
Rise of Cultures (Innogames) Warhammer 40,000: Tacticus (Snowprint Studios)
Bestes Serious Game (endowed with 40,000 euros)
Beholder 3 (Paintbucket Games / Alawar Entertainment) Autumn 89 – On the Streets of Leipzig (Playing History / Stiftung Deutsches Historisches Museum)
The Best International Game (undoped)
Ragnarök (SIE Santa Monica Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment) Metal: Hellsinger (The Outsiders / Funcom) Pentiment (Obsidian Entertainment / Xbox Game Studios)
Player of the Year (undoped)
Senioren Zocken Stephan Bliemel (aka Steinwallen – Games & History) Umut Gültekin (aka RBLZ_Umut) Leon Kirilin (aka Nine) Pia Scholz (aka Shurjoka)
Studio of the Year (endowed with 50,000 euros)
Paintbucket Games (Berlin) Weltenbauer Software Development (Wiesbaden) Egosoft (Würselen)
The Special Jury Prize (endowed with 10,000 euros) is now open for applications.
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