Korea Game Awards | |
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Location | Busan |
Country | South Korea |
Presented by |
Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism The Electronic Times The Sports Chosun |
First awarded | December 2, 1996[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]
Korea Game Awards | |
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Location | Busan |
Country | South Korea |
Presented by |
Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism The Electronic Times The Sports Chosun |
First awarded | December 2, 1996[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]