Over the past few weeks, the 14-member jury has been busy judging all the games that have been submitted for the Dutch Game Awards 2024, and there has been extensive discussion about the special awards. Today, we present the selection of potential winners of the Dutch Game Awards 2024.
Please find the 3 games nominated per category below. For the Best Studio, Inclusion Award, Career/Lifetime Achievement Award, and Awesome Achievement, no nominations will be announced; the winners of these awards will be revealed during the award show.
And the nominees are…
Best Game
Bomb Rush Cyberfunk – Team Reptile
Tiny Terry’s Turbo Trip – snekflat
News Tower – Sparrow Night
Best Art
Bomb Rush Cyberfunk – Team Reptile
Station to Station – Galaxy Grove
Tiny Terry’s Turbo Trip – snekflat
Best Audio (sponsored by Audiokinetic)
Bomb Rush Cyberfunk – Team Reptile
Station to Station – Galaxy Grove
News Tower – Sparrow Night
Best Innovation
The Score – The Smartphone Orchestra (produced by WildVreemd)
The 7th Guest VR – Vertigo Games
New Heights: Realistic Climbing and Bouldering – Wikkl Works
Best Technology
The 7th Guest VR – Vertigo Games
Ghost of Tsushima DIRECTORS CUT PC – Nixxes
Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles – Tomas Sala
Best Game Design
Tiny Terry’s Turbo Trip – snekflat
News Tower – Sparrow Night
King of the Bridge – Finn Schuuring, Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht
Best Applied Game (sponsored by City of Rotterdam)
Jungle the Bungle – Hulan
Stable Success – Mediaheads B.V.
The Gate – Studio Rightside
Best Student Game (sponsored by GameForce)
King of the Bridge – Finn Schuuring, Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht
Sounds of Shadows – Silent Labs, Breda University of Applied Sciences
Pizzapocalypse – Funny Rock Image, Breda University of Applied Sciences
Best Debut Game:
News Tower – Sparrow Night
Data Garden – Shaman Garage
Surmount – Jasper Oprel & Indiana-Jonas
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Please visit www.DutchGameAwards.nl for more information