They'll be judging the submitted games in the coming months: The full jury for the German Computer Game Award (Deutscher Computerspielpreis, DCP) 2026 has been revealed. Among them are people from all walks of the game business, from developers and studio heads, games researchers, games journalists and event organisers.
Nominations are decided by expert juries of four people each; then the main jury will decide the winners, which will be awarded the coveted prizes on 29 April 2026 in Munich.
Head of the jury this year is Prof. Dr. Sabiha Ghellal of HdM Stuttgart. She is filling the position for the second year in a row.
All Judges of the DCP 2026:
- Dorian Auer, Ubisoft
- Jens Bahr, Off The Beaten Track
- Sarah Bashir, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
- Marie Bielefeld, Institut Spawnpoint
- Valentina Birke, Super Crowd Entertainment
- Wolfgang Duhr, gamigo
- Prof. Dr. Sonia Fizek, TH Köln
- Thomas Friedmann, Funatics Software
- Thomas Feibel, feibel.de (TOMMI)
- Fritz Fölster, Unterhaltungssoftware Selbstkontrolle (USK)
- Amanda Förtsch, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg
- Patricia Geiger, Razer
- Sabiha Ghellal, HdM Stuttgart
- Lynne Glaner, Schauspielerin und Sprecherin
- Sarah Gloeckler, Riot Games
- Silja Gülicher-Dütsch, Nintendo
- Nicole Hanisch, Computerspielemuseum
- Marie Havemann, Sandbox Interactive
- Daniel Helbig, Megagon Industries
- Géraldine Hohmann, gamespodcast.de & OK COOL
- Lea Irion, Südwest Presse
- Sylvia Jorde, Blossom Seeker
- Lara Keilbart, Freie Journalistin
- Tobias Kopka, curatomic
- Dr. Lisa König, Zentrum für didaktische Computerspielforschung / PH Freiburg
- Ulrike Küchler, Gamebook Studio HQ
- Benjamin Lochmann, Pixel Maniacs
- Alexander Marbach, Hochschule Mittweida
- Marylin Marx, Webedia
- Max Neu, Landesverband Kinder- und Jugendfilm Berlin
- René Nold, weltenbauer. Software Entwicklung
- Dr. Enrique Perez, BIMM University
- Prof. Dr. Johanna Pirker, TU München
- Fabian Quosdorf, mixed.world
- Stefan Randelshofer, Larian Studios
- Jan Reichert, kr3m. media
- Abir Roy, Amazon Web Services
- Michael Schade, ROCKFISH Games
- Dieter Schoeller, Headup Games
- Lea Schönfelder, Fein Games
- Andreas Sirch, Aesir Interactive
- Nicole Spitzer, Twitch Interactive
- Maike Steinweller, Wooga
- Claudia Stricker, playzo
- Thorsten Suckow, FilmFernsehFonds Bayern
- Magnus von Keil, ARD / RBB / SAT.1
- Jan Wagner, MetaMorphic Digital Studio
