Last night the German Computer Games Award was presented for the 12th time.

100,000 euros and the title “Best German Game” were on the wishlist for the various developers and publishers. The prize is awarded every year by game, the German games industry association, and the German government to honor computer and console games from Germany. Because really good games that are important for the community also come from Germany.

 

 

This year’s winner were the developers from Deep Silver Fishlabs with their space shooter “Chorus“, an arcade-heavy space shooter that might remind the older generation of gamers a little of Wing Commander and Star Fox. In the game, which was already released last fall and is available for all currently still relevant consoles from Sony and Microsoft and the PC, the brave warrior Nara goes into battle against a dark space cult. We have attached a trailer for “Chorus” below.

Besides Chorus, the games “Endzone – A World Apart” and “Lacuna” were also nominated for the coveted award.

 

 

Here is an overview of all (other) awards of last night:

Best Family Game: OMNO
Newcomer Award – Best Debut: White Shadow
Newcomer Award – Best Prototype: Wiblu
Best Innovation and Technology: Warpdrive
Best Game World and Aesthetics: A Juggler’s Tale
Best Game Design: Kraken Academy!!!
Best Serious Game: EZRA
Best Mobile Game: Albion Online
Best Expert Game: Imagine Earth
Best Live Game: Hunt: Showdown
Best International Multiplayer Game: It Takes Two
Player of the Year: Maximilian Knabe (aka HandOfBlood)
Studio of the year: CipSoft
Special prize of the jury: Games Jobs Germany

We congratulate all the winners.