Deutscher Computerspielpreis

Deutscher Computerspielpreis
LocationGermany
Presented byGAME, Cabinet of Germany Edit this on Wikidata
First awardedMarch 31, 2009; 15 years ago (2009-03-31)
Websitedeutscher-computerspielpreis.de

The Deutscher Computerspielpreis (transl. German Computer Game Award, also DPC) is a prize mainly aimed at the German games industry and has been awarded since 2009. The DCP is awarded by the Cabinet of Germany and the German Games Industry Association game. In addition to awards, chosen categories receive various amounts of prize money donated by supporters of the award ceremony.

The 2023 recipient for Best German Game is Chained Echoes, while God of War Ragnarök received the award for Best International Game.

Description

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DCP ceremony venue in Postpalast, Munich, 2014

The German Computer Game Award (Deutscher Computerspielpreis, DCP)[1][2] was first awarded on March 31, 2009.[2][3] The awards are given out by the Cabinet of Germany and the German Games Industry Association game.[4] The ceremony includes a certain amount of prize money for specific categories. The requirement to receive the money is that the winner must prove that they will use the check to develop a new computer game that meets the DCP criteria. The distribution of the prize money is also clearly regulated: the developer receives 70 percent of the sum, while the publisher (if available) receives 30 percent.[5] The prize money is donated by supporters and most recently amounted to a total of €800,000 in 2023.[5][6]

Format

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The German Computer Game Award consists of a main jury and ten specialist juries. The main jury is composed of two representatives from each specialist jury. In addition, the German Bundestag may appoint two more members. Berlin and Bavaria, as the hosting federal states, may each appoint one more member of the jury as well. Specialist juries, the Bundestag, and the hosting federal states ultimately select eleven more individuals to join the main jury. This results in a total of 35 responsible members. The main jury determines the winners of the categories "Best German Game," "Special Jury Award," and "Best International Game." The specialist juries are assembled by the two organizers, game and BMVI. The jurors come from politics, research, or a field related to gaming. This includes the DCP developer, active players, the press, media educators, and youth media protectors. On average, the specialist juries consist of four people and determine the winners of the remaining ten categories.[2] The format includes the possibility of games being nominated after the official announcement.[7]

Awarded games

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2009

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In March 2009, the nominations for the first award ceremony were announced, consisting of nine categories with the ceremony being announced to happen on 31 March 2009. The winners were set to receive a total of €600.000 in all categories except for "Best International Game". The winner in the “Best German Game” category was chosen from the winners of the other categories, with the exception of the school and student concepts and the special prize.[3] The ceremony was held in Munich, Germany, with Drakensang: The Dark Eye receiving two awards overall.[8]

Award Recipient
Best German Game Drakensang: The Dark Eye – Radon Labs
Best International Game Wii Fit, LittleBigPlanet
Best Youth Game Drakensang: The Dark Eye – Radon Labs
Best Children's Game Fritz and Chesster
Best Browser Game Ikariam
Best Mobile Game Crazy Machines
Best Serious Game TechForce
Best Pupil's Game Monkey´s World Wide Jungle – Elsa-Brändström-Gymnasium, Oberhausen
Best Student's Game Snatch'em – Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin

2010

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The second ceremony took place on April 29, 2010, where Anno 1404 took the lead by securing two awards. The game was nominated for "Best International Game" after the official announcement of nominations was given out. Gamestar observed that the heightened level of violence in the preceding nominees, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves and Dragon Age: Origins, might have influenced the expansion of nominations.[9][10][11]

Award Recipient
Best German Game Anno 1404 – Related Designs
Best International Game Anno 1404 – Related Designs
Best Youth Game The Whispered World
Best Children's Game Lernerfolg Vorschule – Capt'n Sharky
Best Browser Game Wewaii
Best Mobile Game Giana Sisters DS
Best Serious Game ExperiMINTe
Best Pupil's Game GooseGogs – Frederic Schimmelpfennig, Nikolaus-August-Otto-Schule, Bad Schwalbach
Best Student's Game Night of Joeanne – Mediadesign Hochschule, Düsseldorf

2011

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2012

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  • Best German Game Crysis 2
  • Best Youth Game: Edna & Harvey: Harvey’s New Eyes
  • Best Children's Game: The Great Jitters: Pudding Panic
  • Best Browser Game: Drakensang Online
  • Best mobile Game: Das verrückte Labyrinth HD
  • Best "Serious Game": Vom Fehlenden Fisch – Die Geheimnisvolle Welt der Gemälde
  • Best Concept of the Young Talents Competition: About Love, Hate and Other Ones
  • Special Award Browser Game: Trauma
  • Special Award of the Young Talents Competition: Pan it!

2013

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Source:[16][17]

  • Best German Game Chaos on Deponia
  • Best Youth Game: Tiny & Big in Grandpa's Leftovers
  • Best Children's Game: Meine 1. App – Band 1 Fahrzeuge
  • Best Browser Game: Forge of Empires
  • Best Mobile Game: Word Wonders: The Tower of Babel
  • Best "Serious Game": Menschen auf der Flucht
  • Best Concept of the Young Talents Competition: GroundPlay

2014

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Source:[18][19]

  • Best German Game The Inner World
  • Best Youth Game: Beatbuddy: Tale of the Guardians
  • Best Children's Game: Malduell
  • Best Browser Game: Anno Online
  • Best Mobile Game: CLARC
  • Best Concept of the Young Talents Competition: Scherbenwerk – Bruchteil einer Ewigkeit
  • Special award: The Day the Laughter Stopped

2015

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The winners were announced on April 21, 2015 in Berlin.[20][21]

2016

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The winners were announced on April 7, 2016 in Munich.[22][23]

2017

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The nominations were announced in March 2017 while the ceremony was held in April, 2017 in Berlin.[24][25]

2018

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The winners were announced on April 10, 2018 in Munich.[26][27]

2019

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The awards were announced on April 9, 2019 in Munich.[28][29]

2020

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Source:[30][31]

  • Best German Game: Anno 1800 (Ubisoft Mainz/Ubisoft)
  • Best Family Game: Tilt Pack (Navel/Super.com)
  • Young Talent - Best Debut: The Longing (Studio Seufz/Application Systems Heidelberg)
  • Young Talent - Best Prototype: Couch Monsters (Laurin Grossmann, John Kees, Marie Maslofski, Dennis Oprisa, Luca Storz, Jaqueline Vintonjek – HTW Berlin)
  • Best Innovation and Technology: Lonely Mountains: Downhill (Megagon Industries/Thunderful Publishing)
  • Best Games World and Aesthetics: Sea of Solitude (Jo-Mei/Electronic Arts)
  • Best Game Design: Anno 1800 (Ubisoft Mainz/Ubisoft)
  • Best Serious Game: Through the Darkest of Times (Paintbucket Games/HandyGames)
  • Best Mobile Game: Song of Bloom (Kamibox)
  • Best Expert Game: Avorion (Boxelware)
  • Best International Game: Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (Electronic Arts)
  • Best International Multiplayer Game: Apex Legends (Electronic Arts)
  • Player of the Year: gob b (Fatih Dayik)
  • Best Studio: Yager Development (Berlin)
  • Special Jury Award: Foldit
  • Audience Award: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt for Nintendo Switch (CD Projekt RED / Bandai Namco)

2021

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Source:[32][33]

  • Best German Game: Desperados III (Mimimi Games/THQ Nordic)
  • Best Family Game: El Hijo – A Wild West Tale (Honig Studios, Quantumfrog/HandyGames – a THQ Nordic Division)
  • Young Talent - Best Debut: Dorfromantik (Toukana Interactive)
  • Young Talent - Best Prototype: Passing By (Hannah Kümmel, Jan Milosch, Marius Mühleck, Ilona Treml)
  • Best Innovation and Technology: Holoride (Holoride)
  • Best Games World and Aesthetics: Cloudpunk (ION Lands)
  • Best Game Design: Dorfromantik (Toukana Interactive)
  • Best Serious Game: Welten der Werkstoffe (Cologne Game Lab der TH Köln)
  • Best Mobile Game: Polarized! (Marcel-André Casasola Merkle/TheCodingMonkeys)
  • Best Expert Game: Suzerain (Torpor Games/Fellow Traveller)
  • Best International Game: The Last of Us Part II (Naughty Dog/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
  • Best International Multiplayer Game: Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo)
  • Player of the Year: Gnu (Jasmin K.)
  • Best Studio: Mimimi Games (Munich)
  • Special Jury Award: Indie Arena Booth Online 2020 (Super Crowd Entertainment)

2022

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Source:[34][35]

  • Best Live Game: Hunt: Showdown (Crytek)
  • Best German Game: Chorus (Deep Silver)
  • Best Family Game: Omno (Studio Inkyfox, Future Friends Games)
  • Best Games World and Aesthetics: A Juggler’s Tale (Mixtvision Games, kaleidoscube)
  • Young Talent - Best Debut: White Shadow (Headup Games, Thunderful Games, Mixtvision Games, Monokel)
  • Young Talent - Best Prototype: Wiblu (Donausaurus)
  • Best Innovation and Technology: Warpdrive Holocafe
  • Best Game Design: Kraken Academy!! (Fellow Traveller, Happy Broccoli Games)
  • Best Serious Game: EZRA (Landesverband Kinder- und Jugendfilm Berlin e.V.)
  • Best Mobile Game: Albion Online (Sandbox Interactive)
  • Best Expert Game: Imagine Earth (Serious Brothers)
  • Best International Game: Elden Ring (BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Germany, From Software)
  • Best International Multiplayer Game: It Takes Two (video game) (Electronic Arts, Hazelight Studios)
  • Player of the Year: Maximilian Knabe „HandOfBlood“
  • Best Studio: CipSoft
  • Special Jury Award: Games Jobs Germany

2023

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Source:[36][37]

  • Best German Game: Chained Echoes (Deck13, Matthias Linda)
  • Best Family Game: Die magische Bretterbudenburg (Meander Books)
  • Young Talent - Best Debut: Signalis (Humble Games Rose Engine)
  • Young Talent - Best Prototype: Light of Atlantis (HAW Hamburg)
  • Best Innovation and Technology: Beethoven (Opus 360, agon e.V.)
  • Best Game Design: Dome Keeper (Raw Fury, Bippinbits)
  • Best Serious Game: Beholder 3 (Alawar, Paintbucket Games)
  • Best Mobile Game: Dungeons of Dreadrock (Christoph Minnameier)
  • Best Expert Game: Touch Type Tale - Strategic Typing (Epic Games, Pumpernickel Studios)
  • Best Graphics Design: Abriss (Randwerk Games)
  • Best Audio Design: Signalis (Humble Games, Rose Engine)
  • Best International Game: God of War Ragnarök (Sony Interactive Entertainment, Santa Monica Studio)
  • Player of the Year: Pia Scholz aka Shurjoka
  • Best Studio: Paintbucket Games
  • Special Jury Award: FemDevMeetup

See also

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