The German Developer Award will be presented on January 20, 2021. The organizers have now also announced the nominees for the event in advance. Games from German-speaking countries are awarded in 15 different categories. Ten specialist juries with a total of 76 jurors viewed 163 submissions and selected the best titles for the respective categories.
The award ceremony can be followed live on the German Developer Award website. A list of the individual candidates can be found at the end of the report. The favorites of the year include Cloudpunk, Iron Harvest, Desperados III, Lost Ember, and Through the Darkest of Times, each of which received at least three nominations. Due to the pandemic, the organizers are currently working on a digital concept for the show. More details
will be available shortly. The German Developer Prize has been awarded since 2004. The event is funded by the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, the city of Cologne, the Film und Medienstiftung NRW and game e.V.
German Developer Award 2020 - The nominees for the award
Best Game
Cloudpunk (Ion Lands) Desperados III (Mimimi Games) Iron Harvest (King Art) Lost Ember ( Mooneye Studios) Through the Darkest of Times (Painbucket Games)
Best Studio
Black Forest Games Gaming Minds King Art Kolibri Games Maschinen-Mensch Mimimi Games Rockfish Games
Best Publisher
Assemble Entertainment Headup Games HandyGames Kalypso Media THQ Nordic
Best Game Design
Desperaods III (Mimimi Games) Iron Harvest (King Art) Nowhere Prophet (Sharkbomb Studios) Port Royale 4 (Gaming Minds Studios) SpellForce 3 - Fallen God (Grimlore Games)
Best Sound
1-800 SUPER (Pangolin Park) Cloudpunk (Ion Lands) Desperados III (Mimimi Games) Iron Harvest (King Art)
Best Graphics
Desperados III (Mimimi Games) Destroy All Humans! (Black Forest Games) Iron Harvest (King Art) Lost Ember (Mooneye Studios) SpellForce 3 - Fallen God (Grimlore Games)
Best Story
Cloudpunk (Ion Lands) Desperados III (Mimimi Games) Iron Harvest (King Art) Lost Ember (Mooneye Studios) Through the Darkest of Times (Painbucket Games)
Best Indie Game
Cloudpunk (Ion Lands) Endzone - A World Apart (Gentlymad Studios) Lost Ember (Mooneye Studios) The Flower Collectors (Mi'pu'mi Games) Through the Darkest of Times (Painbucket Games)
Best Mobile Game
Epic Guardian (Quantumfrog) High Rise (Florian Grolig) The Innsmouth Case (Robot Pumpkin Games)
Innovation Award - Special award from the city of Cologne
Drone Swarm (Stillalive Studios) Jessika (Tritrie Games) LiteBringer (CipSoft) Tower Tag (VR Nerds)
Most Wanted
Kick-off 2022 (2tainment) Curious Expedition 2 (machine Mensch) Everspace 2 (Rockfish Games) The Wandering Village (Stray Fawn)
Evergreen
Albion Online (Sandbox Interact ive) Bridge Constructor (Headup Games) Idle Miner Tycoon (Kolibri Games) Tropico-Serie (Limbic Entertainment) Anno-Serie (
Ubisoft)
Ubisoft Newcomer Award
Village Romance Get Together Local Paper Small Town The Bestowed City WHALIEN
