Critical Rabbit Wins European Game Night 2024

At the traditional European Game Night organised by Spielfabrique, NRW. Global Business, Europe’s Heartbeat Northrhine-Westfalia and Business France on devcom Tuesday, Critical Rabbit won the pitch contest. It is the third year the main award goes to Cologne. The honorary youth award went to GaHa Games, from Germany as well.

As usual, the 5. Annual European Game Night took place on the evening of devcom Tuesday. Organised by Spielfabrique, NRW. Global Business, Europe’s Heartbeat Northrhine-Westfalia and Business France, the Game Night is a pitch contest for studios from different European countries in front of a jury. This year, ten Pitches by studios from five countries have been delivered.

The winners of the European Game Night Award came, as was the case in the last two years, from Cologne: Critical Rabbit, the makers of Fall of Porcupine, won the pitch contest with their new game codenamed Project Tortuga, a wildlife preservation title from the viewpoint of a turtle. The award came with a free game evaluation by experts as well as an AirFrance flight voucher.

A second price is also given away at the Game Night traditionally, the Franco-German Youth Office Price awarded by OFAJ. This year, it went to freshly founded GaHa Games from Germany, formerly part of a French studio.

Here are all the pitch participants from the Event:

• Fritz Thiel, Neptun Interactive from Germany: Kiosk Simulator
• Sebastian Hesse, Critical Rabbit from Germany: Project Tortuga
• Katja Wolff, Whimsical Wolff Games from Switzerland: Kohlrabi Starship
• Anna-Lena Pontet, Lual Games from Switzerland: Eldrich Empathy
• Christopher Mifsud, Play of Word Studios from Malta: Shadow City Mysteries: A Clockwork Noir
• Dan Ghitza, Zarzilla from Malta: Gin Rummy Super
• Agnes Vuillaume, 2054 from France: Almagathe
• Audrey Gravier, Outsiders from France: Lost in Cairo
• Chema Galante, Under the Bed Games from Spain: Piercing Light
• Josema Roig, Melbot Studios from Spain: Gods TV: Fame is Fate