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Deutscher Entwicklerpreis

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Award

Deutscher Entwicklerpreis
Awarded for	Outstanding achievements in the video game industry in Germany
Location	Essen, Düsseldorf, Cologne
Country	Germany
First awarded	2004
Last awarded	2022
Website	deutscherentwicklerpreis.de

Deutscher Entwicklerpreis

Awarded for

Outstanding achievements in the video game industry in Germany

Location

Essen, Düsseldorf, Cologne

Country

Germany

First awarded

2004

Last awarded

2022

Website

deutscherentwicklerpreis.de

The Deutscher Entwicklerpreis (transl. German Developer Award) is a prize for video game development studios from German speaking countries, organized by Aruba Events GmbH.

Description

The Deutscher Entwicklerpreis was first awarded on 12 November 2004 in Essen. Between 2005 and 2010 the awards ceremony was held in the historic Lichtburg cinema in Essen, and then between 2011 and 2013 it was held in Düsseldorf. Since 2014 it has been held in Cologne^[1] with an extended programme, including a Game Music Jam and a game developers conference supported by the government of North Rhine-Westphalia.

Prize Winners 2016

Best PR: Safety First! (JCO, Headup Games)

Best marketing campaign: Deponia Doomsday Tour (Daedalic Entertainment)

Best Publisher: Tivola Publishing

Best game design: Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun (Mimimi Productions, Daedalic Entertainment)

Best Sound: Silence (Daedalic Entertainment)

Best story: Silence (Daedalic Entertainment)

Best Graphics: Silence (Daedalic Entertainment)

Best technical performance: The Climb (Crytek)

Best VR / AR Experience: The Climb (Crytek)

Best studio: Mimimi Productions

Special prize for social commitment: engagement in the German Dev Days and for the family of the deceased Frank Fitzner (Stefan Marcinek)