German Computer Game Award: "Everspace 2" is the best German game of 2024
Everspace 2" won the award for best game at the German Computer Game Award 2024. "Ad Infinitum" has won several awards
"Everspace 2" has been named best game at the German Computer Game Award 2024.
(Bild: Rockfish Games)
"Everspace 2" is the best German video game of the past year. This was decided by the jury of the games awards presented in Munich on Thursday evening. The space shooter from Hamburg studio Rockfish Games came out on top in the main category against "Atlas Fallen" and "Fall of Porcupine", whose developers each received 30,000 euros.
"Everspace 2" is a mixture of dogfighter and looter shooter that first entered Early Access in 2021. The full version of "Everspace 2" was finally released in April 2023 and 88 percent of over 8,000 users on Steam consider it to be recommended. The main prize is endowed with 100,000 euros.
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It was also a successful evening for the Berlin-based studio Hekate, whose horror game "Ad Infinitum" won three categories: it was named best debut and won the awards for best audio design and best story. Meanwhile, Studio of the Year went to the Nuremberg-based studio Pixel Maniacs. The jury's special prize was awarded to the "Gaming without Borders" initiative, which campaigns for greater inclusion.
"Baldur's Gate 3" best international game
The jury chose "Baldur's Gate 3" as the best international game – hardly no surprise, as the role-playing game from Larian won pretty much every other game award for which it was nominated for. The award for the best international game comes without prize money.
The German Computer Game Award has been in existence since 2009 and is awarded by the industry association game e.V. together with the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure. The jury is made up of journalists and representatives from the games industry, among others. Last year, the RPG "Chained Echoes" won the main prize.
"Even in these very challenging times for many games companies in Germany, top-class and successful games have been created that have now been deservedly honoured on the big stage of the DCP," said Felix Falk, Managing Director of the industry association game. He alludes to the numerous job cuts in the industry, which are also affecting German studios. Half of the winning games were developed with the help of the German government's games funding, which is currently still on hold. "This shows once again what potential we can tap into in Germany if the political framework conditions for game development are truly predictable and internationally comparable," said Falk.
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