Deutscher Computerspielpreis

The Deutscher Computerspielpreis (, also DCP) 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.

Description

The German Computer Game Award (Deutscher Computerspielpreis, DCP) was first awarded on March 31, 2009. The awards are given out by the Cabinet of Germany and the German Games Industry Association game. 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. The prize money is donated by supporters and most recently amounted to a total of €800,000 in 2023.

Format

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. The format includes the possibility of games being nominated after the official announcement.

Awarded games

2009

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. The ceremony was held in Munich, Germany, with ' receiving two awards overall.

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, ' and ', might have influenced the expansion of nominations.

• Best German Game Crysis 2
• Best Youth Game: '
• Best Children's Game: '
• 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!

• Best German Game: Lords of the Fallen (Deck13, CI Games)
• Best Children's Game: ' (Daedalic Entertainment)
• Best Youth Game: TRI: Of Friendship and Madness (Rat King Entertainment, Rising Star Games)
• Best Concept of the Young Talents Competition: In Between
• Best Innovation: Spiel des Friedens (Studio Fizbin, Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kultur Münster)
• Best Staging: Lords of the Fallen (Deck13, CI Games)
• Best Serious Game: Utopolis – Aufbruch der Tiere (Reality Twist, Nemetschek Stiftung)
• Best Mobile Game: Rules! (The Coding Monkeys)
• Best Game Design: ' (Mimimi Productions)
• Best International Game: This War of Mine (11 bit studios)
• Best International Multiplayer Game: ' (Blizzard Entertainment)
• Best International New Game World: This War of Mine (11 bit studios)
• Audience Award: Dark Souls II (From Software, Bandai Namco)

2016

The winners were announced on April 7, 2016 in Munich.

• Best German game: Anno 2205 (Blue Byte/Ubisoft)
• Best Concept of the Young Talents Competition: 1. Cubiverse (Mediadesign Hochschule Munich), 2. Lost Ember (HAW Hamburg, Mooneye Studios), 3. Leaves (TU Cologne)
• Best Children's Game: 1. Fiete Choice (Ahoiii Entertainment); 2. Shift Happens (Klonk)
• Best Youth Game: One Button Travel (The Coding Monkeys)
• Best Innovation: The Climb (Crytek)
• Best Staging: Typoman (Brainseed Factory, Headup Games)
• Best Serious Game: Professor S. (LudInc, Berlin)
• Best Mobile Game: Path of War (Envision Entertainment, Nexon)
• Best Game Design: Shift Happens (Klonk)
• Best International Game: ' (CD Projekt RED, Bandai Namco)
• Best International Multiplayer Game: Splatoon (Nintendo)
• Best International New Game World: ' (CD Projekt Red, Bandai Namco)
• Special Jury Award: Indie Arena Booth
• Audience Award: ' (CD Projekt Red, Bandai Namco)

• Best German game: Portal Knights (Keen Games/505 Games)
• Best Concept of the Young Talents Competition: 1. DYO (HTW Berlin), 2. Isometric Epilepsy (Technical University of Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia), 3. ViSP – Virtual Space Port (HTW Berlin)
• Best Children's Game: She Remembered Caterpillars (Jumpsuit Entertainment, Kassel/Ysbyrd Games, Brighton)
• Best Youth Game: Code 7 – Episode 0: Allocation (Goodwolf Studio, Bonn)
• Best Innovation: VR Coaster Rides and Coastiality App (VR Coaster, Kaiserslautern)
• Best Staging: ' (Crytek, Frankfurt)
• Best Serious Game (two winners): Debugger 3.16: Hack’n’Run (Spiderwork Games, Vechta), Orwell (Osmotic Studios, Hamburg/Surprise Attack, Melbourne)
• Best Mobile Game: Glitchskier (Shelly Alon, Hamburg)
• Best Game Design: ' (Mimimi Productions, Munich/Daedalic Entertainment, Hamburg)
• Best International Game: ' (Nintendo, Kyoto/Japan)
• Best International Multiplayer Game: Overwatch (video game) (Activision Blizzard, Santa Monica, California/United States)
• Best International New Game World: ' (Naughty Dog/Sony Interactive Entertainment, Santa Monica, California)
• Special Jury Award: Computerspielemuseum Berlin (Berlin)
• Audience Award: ' (CD Projekt, Warsaw/Poland)

2018

The winners were announced on April 10, 2018 in Munich.

• Best German game: Witch It (Barrel Roll Games, Hamburg)
• Best Children's Game: Monkey Swag (Tiny Crocodile Studios/kunst-stoff, Berlin)
• Best Youth Game: Witch It (Barrel Roll Games, Hamburg)
• Best Innovation: HUXLEY (Exit Adventures, Kaiserslautern)
• Best Staging: The Long Journey Home (Daedalic Entertainment, Düsseldorf)
• Best Serious Game: Vocabicar (Quantum Frog, Oldenburg)
• Best Mobile Game: Card Thief (Arnold Rauers, Berlin)
• Best Game Design: TownsmenVR (HandyGames, Giebelstadt)
• Best International Game: Assassin's Creed Origins (Ubisoft)
• Best International Multiplayer Game: Witch It (Barrel Roll Games, Hamburg)
• Best International Game World: Horizon Zero Dawn (Guerrilla Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Young Talent with Concept: 1. Ernas Unheil (HTW Berlin), 2. Sunset Devils (Carl-Hofer-Schule, Karlsruhe)
• Young Talent with Prototype: 1. Fading Skies (HAW Hamburg), 2. Realm of the Machines (Mediadesign Hochschule, München)
• Special Jury Award: Friendly Fire (charity campaign)
• Audience Award: ELEX (Piranha Bytes, Essen)

2019

The awards were announced on April 9, 2019 in Munich.

• Best German game: Trüberbrook (Headup Games)
• Best Children's Game: Laika (Mad About Pandas)
• Best Youth Game: Unforeseen Incidents (Application Systems Heidelberg)
• Best Innovation: Bcon – The Gaming Wearable (CapLab)
• Best Staging: Trüberbrook (Headup Games)
• Best Serious Game: State of Mind (Daedalic Entertainment)
• Best Mobile Game: see/saw (kamibox)
• Best Game Design: Tower Tag (VR Nerds)
• Best International Game: God of War (Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Best International Multiplayer Game: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo)
• Best International Game World: Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)
• Young Talent with Concept: Elizabeth (HTW Berlin)
• Young Talent with Prototype: A Juggler’s Tale (Film Academy Baden-Württemberg)
• Special Jury Award: A Maze. / Berlin (International Games and Playful Media Festival)
• Audience Award: ' (CD Projekt Red)