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Since the suspension of E3 in the United States, the Cologne Games Show held in Cologne, the fourth largest city in Germany, has taken over as the largest game exhibition of the year and has become one of the hot topics in the game circle recently. Just one day before the opening, the Cologne Games Show Organizing Committee officially announced the nominations for the Cologne Games Show Awards to warm up for the upcoming exhibition and Opening Night Live event.

As for domestic manufacturers, Mihoyo won two nominations in the "Best Mobile Game" award, "Zero Zone", "Genshin Impact》Two games were selected to participate in the "Top Mobile Games" competition. In addition, Dune: Awakening, an open world survival MMO game developed by Funcom, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tencent in Norway, was selected for five major awards including Best Visuals and Best Sound Effects, becoming one of the game products with the most awards.

Dune: Awakening

But it is worth mentioning thatBlack Myth: Wukong"Did Black Myth: Wukong win nothing at the Cologne Games Show? You know, at last year's Cologne Games Show, there was a long queue for trial play, and the estimated waiting time was more than 5 hours. Last year, Black Myth: Wukong also won the Best Visual Award at the Cologne Games Show.

Black Myth booth at the 2023 Cologne Games Show

"Black Myth: Wukong" has achieved an unprecedented victory after "facing destiny" today. The number of simultaneous online users on Steam has exceeded 2.2 million, far exceeding the popularity of "Cyberpunk 2077”, becoming the single-player game with the most concurrent online users in the history of Steam. It is indeed a strange phenomenon that such a phenomenal game did not win any prizes at the Cologne Games Show this year.

GameLook later found that the Cologne Games Show Awards adopted a "pay to participate" model. Game companies not only need to actively submit applications to the organizing committee, but also pay hundreds of euros for each award according to the number of awards they are participating in. This also explains why "Street Fighter 6" and "Final Fantasy 7: Rebirth", which were released this year, also did not appear in the Cologne Awards. Maybe they did not pay to submit applications.

Gamescom Awards Entry Price

Therefore, for Chinese players, who will win the Best Mobile Game Award has become the biggest highlight of this Cologne Awards. In addition to the well-known "Zero" and "Genshin Impact", another competitive nominated product is the IP game "Monster Hunter Now" developed by Niantic. This game was launched in September last year, using Capcom's flagship IP "Monster Hunter" and combining it with the AR location gameplay of "Pokemon Go". The monthly revenue once exceeded 300 million, which is a good product.

The other two nominees for the best mobile game are less well-known. Dungeons of Dreadrock 2 is a 2D “game-like” game developed by Christoph Minnameier, a German game design professor.Zelda"The independent game has not yet been officially launched, and is expected to be available on other consoles and PC platforms.

Dungeons of Dreadrock

Digital Animals Game is a game product that combines Web 3 and blockchain technology. Players need to obtain suitable "animals" through trading and purchasing, and use these animals to collect crystals in the game. Considering the competitiveness of other products, Genshin Impact and Zone Zero have a great chance of winning this time.

Digital Animals Game

As for overseas manufacturers, games such as Ubisoft's "Star Wars: Desperadoes", 11 bit studio's "Frostpunk 2" and "Life in Multiple Faces", and Unreal 5's strategy game "Empire of Ants" have become products that have received multiple nominations.

It is reported that the final list of winners will be announced in the live award ceremony on August 23rd local time. This also means that we will soon witness the final winners of each award.

Here is the full list of winners of this year's Gamescom Awards:

Best Mobile Game

• Genshin Impact – HoYoverse

• Monster Hunter Now – CAPCOM, Niantic

• Absolute Zone Zero – HoYoverse

• Dungeons of Dreadrock 2 – The Dead King’s Secret – Christoph Minnameier

Best Visual Award

• Red Desert – Pearl Abyss

• Ant Empire – Tower Five, Microids

• Little Nightmares 3 – Supermassive Games, Bandai Namco

• Star Wars: Outlaws – Massive, Ubisoft

Best Sound Effects Award

• Kingdom Come 2 – Warhorse Studios – PLAION

• Little Nightmares 3 – Supermassive Games – BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment

• 9th Day – RED CANDLE GAMES

• Star Wars: Outlaws – Massive Entertainment, Ubisoft

Best Gameplay Award

• Blue Prince – Dogubomb, Raw Fury

• Ant Empire – Tower Five, Microids

• Frostpunk 2 – 11 bit studios

• Multiple Lives – 11 bit studios

Most Entertainment Award

• inZOI – KRAFTON

• Monster Hunter: Wildlands – CAPCOM

• Paloo – Pocketpair

• Star Wars: Outlaws – Massive Entertainment, Ubisoft

Most Epic Award

• Red Desert – Pearl Abyss

• Kingdom Come 2 – Warhorse Studios, PLAION

• Monster Hunter: Wildlands – CAPCOM

• Star Wars: Outlaws – Massive Entertainment, Ubisoft

The Most Heartwarming Game Award

• Creatures of Ava – Inverge Studios, 11 bit studios

• Tavern Talk – Gentle Troll Entertainment

• Woodo – DAEDALIC Entertainment

Most Influential Game

• Creatures of Ava – Inverge Studios, 11 bit studios

• GreenGuardiansVR – SWR Südwestrundfunk

• Out and About – Yaldi Games

• REKA – Emberstorm Entertainment, Fireshine Games

Best Microsoft Xbox Games

• Age of Mythology: Retold – Xbox Game Studios

• Creatures of Ava – Inverge Studios, 11 bit studios

• Star Wars: Outlaws – Massive Entertainment, Ubisoft

• Multiple Lives – 11 bit studios

Best PC Games

• Ant Empire – Tower Five, Microids

• Frostpunk 2 – 11 bit studios

• Kingdom Come 2 – Warhorse Studios, PLAION

• Multiple Lives – 11 bit studios

Best Sony PlayStation Games

• DRAGON BALL ZERO – Spike Chunsoft, BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment

• Monster Hunter: Wildlands – CAPCOM

• The First Berserker: Khazan – Neople, NEXON

• The Awakening of the Unknown Nine – Reflector Entertainment, BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment

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