Rockfish Games’ space shooter Everspace 2 won the award for best German game at the German Computer Game Awards 2024 event.
The event at Eisbach Studios in Munich, Germany, highlighted the best games of the year from the German game industry across 15 categories.
Larian Studios won for “best international game” for Baldur’s Gate 3. The survival horror game Ad Infinitum from Hekate won in three categories: best debut, best story and best audio design. The Initiative about accessibility in gaming Gaming ohne Grenzen (Gaming without Borders) has been awarded with the Special Jury Award.
The awards were organized by the German federal government, represented by the Federal Ministry for
Economic Affairs and Climate Action, and the Game – the German Games Industry Association. This
year’s ceremony was funded by the Bavarian State Ministry for Digital Affairs.
Felix Falk, managing director at Game – The German Games Industry Association, said in a statement, “The outstanding winning titles this year impressively demonstrate the great achievements that German game
developers continue to produce. Once again, the German Computer Game Awards are proof of the creativity and innovative spirit of the German games industry, even in the difficult economic situation
of recent months. Once again, we can see the huge potential of Germany as a games location, especially
as this year there were more games made possible by federal funding than ever before. This shows: The
right framework conditions unleash the true power of studios in Germany. Congratulations to the
winners of the German Computer Game Awards 2024.”
All winners for 2024
Best German Game (endowed with 100,000 euros) — Everspace 2 (ROCKFISH Games); The other nominees will each receive 30,000: Atlas Fallen (Deck 13 Interactive/Focus Entertainment) and Fall of Porcupine (Critical Rabbit/Assemble Entertainment)
Best International Game (not endowed) — Baldur’s Gate 3 (Larian Studios)
Best Family Game (endowed with 40,000 euros) — Spells & Secrets (Alchemist Interactive/rokaplay)
Newcomer Award – Best Debut (endowed with 60,000 euros) — Ad Infinitum (Hekate/NACON). The other nominees will receive 25,000 euros each: Fall of Porcupine (Critical Rabbit/Assemble Entertainment); Lose CTRL (Play From Your Heart).
Newcomer Award – Best Prototype (endowed with 50,000 euros) — Misgiven (Symmetry Break Studio)
The other nominees will receive 25,000 euros each: 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); Replicore (Sarah Inés Roeder, Rody Nawezi, Leonhard Gläser, Maximilian Götz/ HAW Hamburg)
Best Innovation and Technology (endowed with 40,000 euros) — Marble Maze (Fox-Assembly)
Best Serious Game (endowed with 40,000 euros) — Friedrich Ebert – Der Weg zur Demokratie (Playing History/Stiftung Reichspräsident-Friedrich-Ebert-Gedenkstätte)
Best Audio Design (endowed with 40,000 euros) Ad Infinitum (Hekate/NACON)
Best Game Design (endowed with 40,000 euros) — Lose CTRL (Play From Your Heart)
Best Graphic Design (endowed with 40,000 euros) — The Bear – A Story from the World of Gra (Mucks! Games)
Best Mobile Game (endowed with 40,000 euros) — Cat Rescue Story (Tivola Games)
Best Story (endowed with 40,000 euros) — Ad Infinitum (Hekate/NACON)
Studio of the Year (endowed with 50,000 euros) — Pixel Maniacs
Player of the Year (not endowed) — Maurice Weber
Special Jury Award (endowed with 10,000 euros) — Gaming ohne Grenzen