German Computer Game Awards 2024 nominees announced
Nominees for the German Computer Game Awards 2024 were revealed on Monday.
Everspace 2 and Fall of Porcupine both earned the most nominees at the event with four each, including a battle for Best German Game and Best Audio Design. Alan Wake 2, Baldur’s Gate 3, and Super Mario Bros. Wonder have been nominated for Best International Game. A full list of nominees can be seen below.
Mareike Ottrand, Professor for Interactive Illustration and Games at HAW Hamburg said this about the nominees:
"We were able to judge a colorful bouquet of great games and - as always - it was not easy to make a decision in any category. I'm looking forward to the award ceremony in Munich and seeing the sparkling eyes of the winners!"
The German Computer Game Awards ceremony will take place on April 18 in Munich, and it’ll be livestreamed on Twitch and YouTube. More information about the event can be found here.
German Computer Game Awards 2024 nominees
Best International Game (not endowed)
Alan Wake 2 (Remedy Entertainment/Epic Games)
Baldur’s Gate 3 (Larian Studios)
Super Mario Bros. Wonder (Nintendo)
Best German Game (endowed with 100,000 euros for the winner and 30,000 euros each for the two other nominees)
Atlas Fallen (Deck 13 Interactive/Focus Entertainment)
EVERSPACE 2 (ROCKFISH Games)
Fall of Porcupine (Critical Rabbit/Assemble Entertainment)
Best Family Game (endowed with 40,000 euros)
CubeQuest – A QB Game (Stephan Göbel)
Scott Whiskers in: the Search for Mr. Fumbleclaw (Fancy Factory)
Spells & Secrets (Alchemist Interactive/rokaplay)
Newcomer Award – Best Debut (endowed with 60,000 euros for the winner and 25,000 euros each for the two other nominees)
Ad Infinitum (Hekate/NACON)
Fall of Porcupine (Critical Rabbit/Assemble Entertainment)
Lose CTRL (Play From Your Heart)
Newcomer Award – Best Prototype (endowed with 50,000 euros for the winner and 25,000 euros each for the four other nominees)
Bloodletter (Katharina “Mikey” Müller, David Cafisso, Marvin Braun, Alica Schneider/Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin)
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 Gläser, Maximilian Götz/ HAW Hamburg)
Best Innovation and Technology (endowed with 40,000 euros)
EVERSPACE 2 (ROCKFISH Games)
Marble Maze (Fox-Assembly)
Railway Empire 2 (Gaming Minds Studios/Kalypso Media Group)
Best Serious Game (endowed with 40,000 euros)
Duru – Über Mulle und Depressionen (Twisted Ramble Games)
Friedrich Ebert – Der Weg zur Demokratie (Playing History/Stiftung Reichspräsident-Friedrich-Ebert-Gedenkstätte)
Natur? Politisch. (Tiny Crocodile Studios/Europäische Akademie Berlin)
Best Audio Design (endowed with 40,000 euros)
Ad Infinitum (Hekate/NACON)
EVERSPACE 2 (ROCKFISH Games)
Fall of Porcupine (Critical Rabbit/Assemble Entertainment)
Best Game Design (endowed with 40,000 euros)
EVERSPACE 2 (ROCKFISH Games)
Lose CTRL (Play From Your Heart)
Tiny Thor (Asylum Square/Gameforge)
Best Graphic Design (endowed with 40,000 euros)
Atlas Fallen (Deck 13 Interactive/Focus Entertainment)
REVEIL (Pixelsplit/DAEDALIC Entertainment)
The Bear – A Story from the World of Gra (Mucks! Games)
Best Mobile Game (endowed with 40,000 euros)
Cat Rescue Story (Tivola Games)
Götz (Sleepy Seed)
Royal Revolt: A Trader’s Tale (Upright Games)
Best Story (endowed with 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 (endowed with 50,000 euros)
Aesir Interactive
Pixel Maniacs
Playing History
Player of the Year (not endowed)
Anormaldesaster
Fabian Siegismund
Franziska Bülow
Just Becci
Maurice Weber
Special Jury Award (endowed with 10,000 euros)
Selected by the main jury without any nominees.