The German Computer Game Award 2026 (Deutscher Computerspielpreis) will be presented on 29 April at the Residenz in Munich. Publishers and developers will be able to submit games for the award in January. A total of €800,000 in prize money will be awarded.
The German Computer Game Award 2026 (Deutscher Computerspielpreis, DCP) will be presented at the Herkulessaal in the Munich Residenz, in the Bavarian capital. On 29 April 2026, numerous guests from the games industry, the media, the cultural sector and the world of politics will come together to celebrate the best games 'Made in Germany'. The awards ceremony will also be broadcast as a live stream. Next year will mark the 18th presentation of the award for the German games industry.
The DCP 2026 will present awards in 15 categories, with a total prize fund of €800,000. From today, development studios and publishers can visit deutscher-computerspielpreis.de to find the information they need to prepare their applications, as submissions will only be accepted during the limited time window from 5 to 23 January 2026. Nominations for the Studio of the Year and Player of the Year categories will be accepted from the entire community from 5 to 30 January. Nominations can be submitted on the DCP website by anyone interested.
This award is organised jointly by the German Federal Government, represented by the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space, and game, the German Games Industry Association. Funding for the DCP 2026 award ceremony comes from the German Federal Government via the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space, as well as from the host state of Bavaria via the Bavarian State Ministry of Digital Affairs.
