Update from April 18, 2024:
Today the German Computer Game Prize will be awarded again in Munich. The pre-show will start at 6:30 p.m., and the show will start again at 8 p.m Katrin Bauerfeind and Uke bosses through the award ceremony. You can find the list of nominees below.
Somewhat bad timing: Warhorse Studios will also be streaming the announcement of their new game at 8 p.m. today, although the latter event will be significantly shorter.
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Original news from March 19, 2024:
The DCP greets you every year: The new award ceremony will take place on April 18, 2024 German computer game award in which, as in the previous year, a total of 800,000 euros in prize money will be awarded to local development studios. The gala will once again be moderated by Katrin Bauerfeind and Uke Bosse.
Atlas Fallen, Fall of Porcupine and Everspace 2 are in the running for the award for Best German Game, and the last two mentioned also have the most nominations: they could receive a prize in four categories each. This is followed by the psychological World War II horror Ad infinitum with three nominations, including Best Debut. Who wins in the Player of the Year category will not be decided by the jury, but by online voting until April 11, 2024.
All nominees at a glance:
Best German game
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- Atlas traps (Deck 13 Interactive/Focus Entertainment)
- Everspace 2 (Rockfish Games)
- Fall of Porcupine (Critical Rabbit/Assemble Entertainment)
Best family game
- CubeQuest – A QB Game (Stephan Göbel)
- Scott Whiskers in: the Search for Mr. Fumbleclaw (Fancy Factory)
- Spells & Secrets (Alchemist Interactive/rokaplay)
Young Talent Award – Best Debut
- Ad infinitum (Hekate/Nacon)
- Fall of Porcupine (Critical Rabbit/Assemble Entertainment)
- Loosen CTRL (Play From Your Heart)
Young Talent Award – Best Prototype
- Bloodletter (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)
- Misgiven (Anca-Stefania Tutescu, Jan Barow, Julian Heinken)
- Replicore (Sarah Inés Roeder, Rody Nawezi, Leonhard Glasses, Maximilian Götz/ HAW Hamburg)
Best innovation and technology
- Everspace 2 (Rockfish Games)
- Marble Maze (Fox Assembly)
- Railway Empire 2 (Gaming Minds Studios/Kalypso Media Group)
Best serious game
- 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
- Ad infinitum (Hekate/Nacon)
- Everspace 2 (Rockfish Games)
- Fall of Porcupine (Critical Rabbit/Assemble Entertainment)
Best game design
- Everspace 2 (Rockfish Games)
- Loosen CTRL (Play From Your Heart)
- Tiny Thor (Asylum Square/Gameforge)
Best graphic design
- Atlas traps (Deck 13 Interactive/Focus Entertainment)
- Reveal (Pixelsplit/DAEDALIC Entertainment)
- The Bear – A Story from the World of Gra (Muck! Games)
Best Mobile Game
- Cat rescue story (Tivola Games)
- Götz (Sleepy Seed)
- Royal Revolt – A Trader's Tale (Upright Games)
Best story
- Ad infinitum (Hekate/Nacon)
- Fall of Porcupine (Critical Rabbit/Assemble Entertainment)
- The Bear – A Story from the World of Gra (Muck! Games)
Studio of the Year
- Aesir Interactive
- Pixel Maniacs
- Playing history
Player of the Year (unpaid)
- Abnormal disaster
- Fabian Siegismund
- Franziska Bülow
- Just Becci
- Maurice Weber
Best International Game (undoped)
- Alan Wake 2 (Remedy Entertainment/Epic Games)
- Baldur's Gate 3 (Larian Studios)
- Super Mario Bros Wonder (Nintendo)