Korea Game Awards
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LocationBusan
CountrySouth Korea
Presented byMinistry of Culture, Sports and Tourism
The Electronic Times
The Sports Chosun
First awardedDecember 2, 1996 (1996-12-02)[1]

The Korea Game Awards (Korean: 대한민국 게임대상; RR: Daehan Minguk geim daesang) is an annual South Korean awards ceremony that recognizes "individuals and businesses that have contributed to domestic game industry."[2] The ceremony is organized by the Korea Association of Game Industry (K-GAMES) and presented by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, The Electronic Times and The Sports Chosun in conjunction with the G-Star game trade fair held in Busan in November. It is the largest and most prestigious awards ceremony for games in the country, and has been held yearly since 1996.[3][4][5]

Winners are decided by a combination of judges, game experts and online votes.[6] The Grand Prize, given to the overall best game of the year (also called the President's Award)[7][8] has historically been won almost exclusively by PC games; 2004's Kingdom Under Fire: The Crusaders is the only console game to win the award.[9] However, in 2014, Blade for Kakao became the first mobile game to win,[10] and since then several mobile games have won the award.[4]

Winners of the Grand Prize (President's Award)

Year Game Genre Developer Ref.
1996 Pee & Gity 2: The Industrial Age Beat 'em up Family Production [1]
1997 Wangdo-ui Bimil Action-adventure Digital Dream Studios [11]
1998 Lineage MMORPG NCSoft [12]
1999 EZ2DJ Rhythm AmuseWorld [13]
2000 Fortress 2 Artillery CCR Inc [12]
2001 The War of Genesis III: Part 2 Tactical role-playing Softmax [14]
2002 Navy Field MMORTS SDEnterNet [12]
2003 Lineage II MMORPG NCSoft [7]
2004 Kingdom Under Fire: The Crusaders Hack and slash,
real-time tactics
Phantagram [9]
2005 Scions of Fate (Yulgang) MMORPG Mgame Corp [12]
2006 Granado Espada MMORPG IMC Games
2007 Alliance of Valiant Arms (A.V.A) First-person shooter Red Duck
2008 Aion: The Tower of Eternity MMORPG NCSoft
2009 Continent of the Ninth Seal (C9) MMORPG Webzen
2010 Vindictus (Mabinogi Heroes) MMORPG Nexon [8]
2011 TERA MMORPG Bluehole Studio [12]
2012 Blade & Soul MMORPG NCSoft [15]
2013 ArcheAge MMORPG XL Games [16]
2014 Blade for Kakao Action RPG Action Square [10]
2015 EvilBane: Rise of Ravens (Raven) Action RPG Netmarble [3]
2016 Heroes of Incredible Tales (HIT) Action RPG NAT Games [17]
2017 PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Battle royale PUBG Corporation [4]
2018 Black Desert Mobile MMORPG Pearl Abyss [18]
2019 Lost Ark MMORPG Smilegate RPG [6]
2020 V4 (Victory For) MMORPG NAT Games [19]
2021 Odin: Valhalla Rising MMORPG Lionheart Studio [20]
2022 Dungeon & Fighter Mobile Beat 'em up Nexon [21]
2023 Lies of P Action RPG Neowiz Games [22]

References

  1. 1 2 Ko, Doo-hyun (29 November 1996). "[단신] 문체부, 대한민국 만화문화/게임대상 수상작 발표". Korea Economic Daily (in Korean). Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  2. "Global Game Exhibition (G-STAR)". Korea Association of Game Industry. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  3. 1 2 Yoon, Sung-won (12 November 2015). "Netmarble's Raven sweeps 6 game awards". The Korea Times. Dongwha Enterprise. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  4. 1 2 3 Yoon, Sung-won (16 November 2017). "'PUBG' sweeps 6 prizes at Korea Game Awards". The Korea Times. Dongwha Enterprise. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  5. Yoon, Sung-won (3 November 2020). "Vote is on to pick the best Korean game for 2020". Pulse. Maeil Business Newspaper. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  6. 1 2 Lee, Yong-ik; Choi, Mira (14 November 2019). "Smilegate RPG's Lost Ark wins best prize at 2019 Korean Game Award". Pulse. Maeil Business Newspaper. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  7. 1 2 Baek, Byung-yeul (25 September 2019). "NCSOFT pinning high hopes on success of 'Lineage 2M'". The Korea Times. Dongwha Enterprise. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  8. 1 2 "Mabinogi Heroes Chosen as Nation's Best Game of the Year". The Korea IT Times. Korea ET Times Media Group. 18 November 2010. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  9. 1 2 "A History of Korean Gaming – 판타그램 Phantagram / 블루사이드 Blueside". Hardcore Gaming 101. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  10. 1 2 Yoon, Sung-won (20 November 2014). "Blade becomes first mobile title to win Korea's top game award". The Korea Times. Dongwha Enterprise. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  11. "A History of Korean Gaming – 한겨레 정보통신 HIC Infocomm / 디지털드림스튜디오 Digital Dream Studios". Hardcore Gaming 101. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 Ahn, Hye-ri (10 October 2012). "응답하라 '게임대상' 그 때 그 게임". ZDNet Korea (in Korean). Mega News. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  13. "게임종합지원센터, 99 게임대상 수상작 선정". Korea Economic Daily (in Korean). 13 December 1999. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  14. Won, Nak-yeon (19 December 2001). "[사람사람] 대한민국 게임대상 받은 소프트맥스사". Joins.com (in Korean). JoongAng Ilbo. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  15. Brightman, James (14 February 2013). "NCsoft licenses Unreal Engine 4". GamesIndustry.biz. Gamer Network. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  16. Lefebvre, Eliot (13 November 2013). "ArcheAge wins big at Korea Game Awards". Engadget. Verizon Media. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  17. Sohn, Ji-young (16 November 2016). "Nexon wins grand prize at 2016 Korea Game Awards". The Korea Herald. Herald Corporation. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  18. Jun, Ji-hye (15 November 2018). "'Black Desert Mobile' wins grand prize at Korea Game Awards". The Korea Times. Dongwha Enterprise. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  19. "Korea's biggest game show G-Star 2020 kicks off, Nexon V4 wins Game of Year Award". Pulse. Maeil Business Newspaper. 19 November 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  20. 한혜원 (2021-11-17). "'오딘: 발할라라이징', 2021 대한민국 게임대상 4관왕". 연합뉴스 (in Korean). Retrieved 2023-12-20.
  21. 김주환 (2022-11-16). "2022 대한민국 게임대상에 넥슨 '던전앤파이터 모바일'". 연합뉴스 (in Korean). Retrieved 2023-12-20.
  22. 김주환 (2023-11-15). "네오위즈 'P의 거짓', 대한민국 게임대상서 대상 포함 6관왕(종합)". 연합뉴스 (in Korean). Retrieved 2023-12-20.
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