Czech Game of the Year Awards

Czech Game of the Year Awards
Czech Game of 2016
Logo of the Awards
Awarded for To Award best video game titles developed in the Czech Republic
Country Czech Republic
First awarded 2010
Website ceskahraroku.cz

Czech Game of the Year Awards (Czech: Česká hra roku) are annual awards that recognize accomplishments in video game development, first presented in 2010. The awards began as part of Gameday Festival,[1] but became independent from the festival in 2017. The awards are organised by the České hry association.

2010

The awards for the first year were presented on 7 May 2011. Awards were given in three categories. Mafia II was awarded as the best Czech game in Czech language. The jury also expressed recognition to Centauri Production for making their games in Czech language. Samurai II: Vengeance was awarded as the best Czech game for Mobile devices and best Czech artistic achievement in game creation.[2]

2011

The 2011 awards were presented on 3 May 2012.[3][4]

  • Best Czech artistic achievement in game creation - Allodium for Infinitum
  • Best Czech Game in Czech language - Hammerware for Family Farm
  • Best Czech Game for Mobile Devices - Madfinger Games for Shadowgun

2012

The 2012 awards were presented on 3 May 2013. Only two categories were awarded this time.

2013

The 2013 awards were presented on 10 May 2014.[5][6]

2014

The 2014 awards were presented on 8 May 2015. There were four categories.[7]

  • The Technical Contribution to Czech Video Game Creation - Keen Software House for Medieval Engineers
    • Nominated: Allodium for Infinitum: Battle for Europe, Keen Software House for Medieval Engineers and Cinemax for The Keep
  • The Artistic Contribution to Czech Video Game Creation - Dreadlocks Ltd for Dex
  • The Best Original Game - Madfinger Games for Monzo
    • Nominated: Dreadlocks Ltd for Dex, Czech Games Edition for Galaxy Trucker and Allodium for Infinitum: Battle for Europe
  • The Best Debut Game - ARK8 for Coraabia
    • Nominated: Czech Games Edition for Galaxy Trucker, Digital Life productions for Soccerinho and CZ.NIC for Tablexia

2015

The 2015 awards were presented on 6 May 2016.[8]

  • The Technical Contribution to Czech Video Game Creation - Wube Software for Factorio
  • The Artistic Contribution to Czech Video Game Creation - Hangonit for Rememoried
  • The Best Original Game - Wube Software for Factorio
    • Nominated: Fiolasoft Studio for Blackhole, Charles University for Czechoslovakia 38–89: The Assassination and Lipa Learning for Lipa Theater
  • The Best Debut Game - Charles University for Czechoslovakia 38–89: The Assassination
    • Nominated: Wube Software for Factorio, McMagic Productions for Novus Inceptio and Lukáš Navrátil for Toby: The Secret Mine

2016

The 2016 awards were presented on 10 February 2017. It was held in Prague for the first time and wasn't part of Gameday. There were 9 categories this time. Nominations were scheduled to be announced on 24 January 2017 but it was pushed to 27 January 2017.[9][10] Dark Train and Samorost 3 garnered the most nominations at 6 categories each. Chameleon Run was nominated in 5 categories and American Truck Simulator earned 4 nominations.[11] Samorost 3 won the top award as well as two others.[12][13][14]

  • Czech game of the year - Samorost 3 by Amanita Design
  • Czech game of the year for PC/Consoles - Samorost 3 by Amanita Design
    • Nominated: American Truck Simulator, Dark Train and Void Raiders
  • Czech game of the year for Mobile Devices - Chameleon Run by Hyperbolic Magnetism
  • Best technological solution - American Truck Simulator by SCS Software
    • Nominated: Chameleon Run, Killing Room and Space Merchants: Arena
  • Best audio - Samorost 3 by Amanita Design
  • Best Game Design - Chameleon Run by Hyperbolic Magnetism
    • Nominated: Dark Train, Samorost 3 and Trupki
  • Best Story - 7 Mages by Napoleon Games
    • Nominated: Dark Train, Samorost 3 and The Solus Project
  • Best Visual - Dark Train by Paperash Studio
    • Nominated: Chameleon Run, Samorost 3 and The Solus Project
  • Biggest Hope - WarFriends by About Fun
    • Nominated: Blue Effect, Legends of Azulgar and Project ARGO
  • Hall of Fame - František Fuka, Tomáš Rylek and Miroslav Fídler

2017

The 2017 awards will be presented on 23 May 2018.[15]

References

  1. "GAMEDAY 2011 zažije vyhlášení České hry roku - Games.cz". Games.cz. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
  2. "Česká hra roku 2010 zná vítězné tituly - Hrej.cz". Hrej.cz. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
  3. Kališ, Karel. "Česká hra roku představila tři nejlepší nezávislé tituly – Doupě.cz". Doupe.cz. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
  4. "Česká hra roku 2011 má vítěze". herniserver.cz. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
  5. "Vyhlášeny nominace na Českou hru roku" (PDF). Ceske-hry.cz. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
  6. "Vyhlášeny nominace na Českou hru roku 2013! | BattleForce.cz". BattleForce.cz (in Czech). 2 May 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
  7. "Česká hra roku 2014 | KeenGamer". Keengamer.com. 11 May 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
  8. "Česká hra roku 2015 | KeenGamer". Keengamer.com. 6 May 2016.
  9. "Blíží se vyhlášení České hry roku 2016 - v nové podobě a s řadou překvapení - Games.cz". Games.cz. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
  10. "Česká hra roku 2016: zlaté ručičky tuzemských herních vývojářů oceňují i v zahraničí | Kultura". Lidovky.cz. 28 January 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  11. "Který titul si odnese ocenění Česká hra roku 2016? Nejvíce nominací posbíraly Samorost 3, Dark Train a Chameleon Run - Games.cz". Games.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  12. "Českou hrou roku 2016 je Samorost 3 od studia Amanita Design | Kultura". Lidovky.cz. 10 February 2017. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  13. "Českou hrou roku 2016 je Samorost 3 | ČeskéNoviny.cz". www.ceskenoviny.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  14. "Vítězem ankety Česká hra roku 2016 je Samorost 3. Porota ocenila i Chameleon Run, Dark Train nebo American Truck Simulator - Games.cz". Games.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  15. "Nejlepší českou hrou roku 2017 je Attentat 1942. Hra vznikla ve spolupráci Univerzity Karlovy a Akademie věd". Lidovky.cz (in Czech). 23 May 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
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