Yesterday it was German Computer Game Prize 2024 awarded at a gala in Munich. The space action won the prize for Best German Game, worth 100,000 euros Everspace 2 (in the short test) from Rockfish Games (although in the heat of the moment some of the moderator duo forgot the number 2 when they were mentioned). But most of the prizes were cleared Ad infinitum (in the short test) from Hekate. The First World War psychological horror was awarded Best Debut, as well as in the Best Audio Design and Best Story categories. Received the undorted award for Best International Game Baldur's Gate 3Larian Studios will soon run out of space for prizes.
Below you can see all the nominees, the winners of each category are highlighted:
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Best German game
(Prize money: 100,000 euros – the other nominees receive 30,000 euros each)
- Atlas Fallen (Deck 13 Interactive/ Focus Entertainment)
- Everspace 2 (Rockfish Games)
- Fall of Porcupine (Critical Rabbit/Assemble Entertainment)
Best family game
(Prize money: 40,000 euros)
- 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
(Prize money: 60,000 euros – the other nominees receive 25,000 euros each)
- Ad infinitum (Hekate/Nacon)
- Fall of Porcupine (Critical Rabbit/Assemble Entertainment)
- Lose CTRL (Play From Your Heart)
Young Talent Award – Best Prototype
(Prize money: 50,000 euros – the other nominees receive 25,000 euros each)
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- Bloodletter (Katharina “Mikey” Müller, David Cafisso, Marvin Braun, Alica Schneider/Berlin University of Applied Sciences)
- 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
(Prize money: 40,000 euros)
- Everspace 2 (Rockfish Games)
- Marble Maze (Fox Assembly)
- Railway Empire 2 (Gaming Minds Studios/Kalypso Media Group)
Best serious game
(Prize money: 40,000 euros)
- 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
(Prize money: 40,000 euros)
- Ad Infinitum (Hekate/Nacon)
- Everspace 2 (Rockfish Games)
- Fall of Porcupine (Critical Rabbit/Assemble Entertainment)
Best game design
(Prize money: 40,000 euros)
- Everspace 2 (Rockfish Games)
- Loosen CTRL (Play From Your Heart)
- Tiny Thor (Asylum Square/Gameforge)
Best graphic design
(Prize money: 40,000 euros)
- Atlas Fallen (Deck 13 Interactive/Focus Entertainment)
- Reveil (Pixelsplit/DAEDALIC Entertainment)
- The Bear – A Story from the World of Gra (Muck! Games)
Best Mobile Game
(Prize money: 40,000 euros)
- Cat rescue story (Tivola Games)
- Götz (Sleepy Seed)
- Royal Revolt – A Trader's Tale (Upright Games)
Best story
(Prize money: 40,000 euros)
- Ad infinitum (Hekate/Nacon)
- Fall of Porcupine (Critical Rabbit/Assemble Entertainment)
- The Bear – A Story from the World of Gra (Mucks! Games)
Studio of the Year
(Prize money: 50,000 euros)
- Aesir Interactive
- Pixel Maniacs
- Playing history
Player of the Year
(Undoped)
- 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)