This evening, the winners of the German Video Game Award 2020 will be crowned. Here you can find out who is nominated for the DPC and where you can watch the award ceremony, for example on YouTube.
The following will be awarded: This year, a total prize pool of 590,000€ will be awarded for the best video games from German game developers.
The awards will be distributed in a total of 14 different categories:
- The winner of the “Best German Game” category will receive 100,000€
- Other categories will receive prize money between 30,000€ and 75,000€
- However, the “Best International Game” category is, for example, an unawarded prize
When is the award ceremony? The festive presentation of the awards cannot take place this year due to the situation surrounding the Corona virus during a gala before an audience. Instead, there will be a special stream:
- The stream for the award ceremony begins today, April 27, at 19:30.
Where can I watch it? You can watch the live broadcast in the official stream. Here’s the link to YouTube:
Best Games of the German Developers
This year, a whole range of games from German game studios are participating. Here are all categories and nominations for which the awards will be presented tonight:
Best German Game
1st place – 100,000 Euros. 2nd and 3rd place – 25,000 Euros
- Sea of Solitude (Jo-Mei)
- Anno 1800 (Ubisoft Mainz)
- Through the Darkest of Times (Paintbucket Games)
Best Family Game
1st place – 75,000 Euros
- Lost Ember (Mooneye Studios)
- Through the Darkest of Times (Paintbucket Games)
- Tilt Pack (Navel)
Young Talents Award – Best Debut
1st place – 40,000 Euros
- Avorion (Boxelware)
- Lonely Mountains: Downhill (Megagon Industries )
- The Longing (Studio Seufz)
Young Talents Award – Best Prototype
1st place – 35,000 Euros. Nominations – 20,000 Euros each
- Couch Monsters (Laurin Grossmann, John Kees, Marie Maslofski, Dennis Oprisa, Luca Storz, Jaqueline Vintonjek – HTW Berlin)
- Echoes of Etrya (Nik Douglas, Sylvia Exner, Lisa Günther, Robin Hentschel, Silvan Koch, Pia Krensel, Jacob Menz, Melina Stratmann, Soren Wagner – S4G School for Games)
- Prim (Oskar Alvarado, Bryan Atkinson, Jonas Fisch, Florian Genal, Michael Kenny, Maria Pendolino, Sascha Schneider – CMMN CLRS)
- Sonority (Franca Bittner, Marvin Clauß, Nadine Harter, ?ahin Kablan, Madeline Reinaldo Mendoza, Lisa Nonnemacher, Clemens Sandner, Alice Schlotterbeck, Elisa Schorrig, Willi Schorrig, Vladyslav Trutniev)
- Wild Woods (Nadja Clauberg, Moritz Heinemeyer, Johannes Kutsch, Eric Massenberg, Marcus Meiburg – HAW Hamburg)
Best Innovation and Technology
1st place – 30,000 Euros
- Blautopf VR (Pixelcloud, TELLUX Next)
- Lonely Mountains: Downhill (Megagon Industries)
- Pingunauten Trainer (Chair of Media Computer Science, University of Duisburg-Essen)
Best Game World and Aesthetics
1st place – 30,000 Euros
- Lost Ember (Mooneye Studios)
- Sea of Solitude (Jo-Mei)
- The Longing (Studio Seufz)
Best Game Design
1st place – 30,000 Euros
- Anno 1800 (Ubisoft Mainz)
- Spellforce 3: Soul Harvest (Grimlore Games)
- The Surge 2 (Deck13)
Best Serious Game
1st place – 30,000 Euros
- Kleine Löschmeister (Daedalic Entertainment Bavaria)
- Tapestories (Pop Rocket Labs)
- Through the Darkest of Times (Paintbucket Games)
Best Mobile Game
1st place – 30,000 Euros
- Arbo (It Matters Games)
- Song of Bloom (Kamibox)
- Stranded Sails (Lemonbomb Entertainment)
Best Expert Game
1st place – 30,000 Euros
- Anno 1800 (Ubisoft Mainz)
- Avorion (Boxelware)
- The Longing (Studio Seufz / Application Systems Heidelberg)
Best Studio
1st place – 30,000 Euros
- Deck 13 Interactive (Frankfurt am Main)
- Mooneye Studios (Hamburg)
- Yager Development (Berlin)
Best International Game
Unawarded
- Apex Legends (Electronic Arts)
- Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (Electronic Arts)
- The Outer Worlds (Obsidian Entertainment)
Best International Multiplayer Game
Unawarded
- Apex Legends (Electronic Arts)
- Dreams (Media Molecule)
- Unrailed! (Indoor Astronaut)
Player of the Year
Unawarded
- Gob b (Fatih Dayik)
- GameTube (Daniel Feith, Martin Le, Michael Obermeier and Christian Schneider)
- MoAuba (Mohammed Harkous)
Special Jury Award
Unawarded
- Possible winners in this category will be announced on April 27, 2020.
Audience Award
Unawarded
- The winner will be determined by online voting
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