All nominees for the German Computer Game Awards 2024

The German Computer Game Award 2024 nominees are announced. Nominated in the category "Best German Game" are "Atlas Fallen", "Everspace 2" and "Fall of Porcupine". The award ceremony will take place on April 18 in Munich. Prize money totaling 800,000 euros.

The nominees for the German Computer Game Awards 2024 (Deutscher Computerspielpreis 2024) have been announced, with the main jury selecting the nominees from a total of 27 nominated games and prototypes. The awards will be presented in 15 categories and will honour the best games and creative minds in the German games industry with a total of €800,000 in prize money. On 18 April, the awards ceremony will be held in Munich. The German Computer Game Awards 2024 will also be streamed live on www.deutscher-computerspielpreis.de, Twitch and YouTube.

Three titles have been nominated for the top prize, Best German Game. "Atlas Fallen" by Deck13 Interactive and Focus Entertainment, "Everspace 2" by Rockfish Games and "Fall of Porcupine" by Critical Rabbit and Assemble Entertainment. The winner will receive a total of €100,000 in prize money, while the other two nominees will each receive €30,000. The Studio of the Year award, which comes with a €50,000 prize, could go to Aesir Interactive, Pixel Maniacs or Playing History. Voting is now open in the Player of the Year category. Voting is open until 11 April 2024 via this link.

The jury of the German Computer Game Awards 2024 consists of representatives from the games industry, science, culture, media and politics and is chaired by Mareike Ottrand, Professor of Interactive Illustration and Games at HAW Hamburg. A full list of jury members can be found here. "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," says Mareike Ottrand. "I'm looking forward to the award ceremony in Munich and seeing the sparkling eyes of the winners!"

All 2024 nominees

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)

Studio of the Year

(endowed with 50,000 euros)- Aesir Interactive - Pixel Maniacs - Playing History

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)

Player of the Year

(not endowed)- Anormaldisaster - Fabian Siegismund - Franziska Bülow - Just Becci - Maurice Weber

Special Jury Award

(endowed with 10,000 euros)- Selected by the main jury without any nominees.

Best International Game

(not endowed)- Alan Wake 2 (Remedy Entertainment/Epic Games) - Baldur's Gate 3 (Larian Studios) - Super Mario Bros. Wonder (Nintendo)