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South Korean game awards ceremony
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.
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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.
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Winners of the Grand Prize (President's Award)
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b Ko, Doo-hyun (29 November 1996).
"[단신] 문체부, 대한민국 만화문화/게임대상 수상작 발표".
Korea Economic Daily (in Korean). Retrieved 23 April 2021.
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^
"Global Game Exhibition (G-STAR)".
Korea Association of Game Industry. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
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a
b Yoon, Sung-won (12 November 2015).
"Netmarble's Raven sweeps 6 game awards".
The Korea Times. Dongwha Enterprise. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
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a
b
c Yoon, Sung-won (16 November 2017).
"'PUBG' sweeps 6 prizes at Korea Game Awards".
The Korea Times. Dongwha Enterprise. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
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^ 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.
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a
b 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.
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a
b Baek, Byung-yeul (25 September 2019).
"NCSOFT pinning high hopes on success of 'Lineage 2M'".
The Korea Times. Dongwha Enterprise. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
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a
b
"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.
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a
b
"A History of Korean Gaming – 판타그램 Phantagram / 블루사이드 Blueside". Hardcore Gaming 101. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
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a
b 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.
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^
"A History of Korean Gaming – 한겨레 정보통신 HIC Infocomm / 디지털드림스튜디오 Digital Dream Studios". Hardcore Gaming 101. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
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a
b
c
d
e Ahn, Hye-ri (10 October 2012).
"응답하라 '게임대상' 그 때 그 게임".
ZDNet Korea (in Korean). Mega News. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
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"게임종합지원센터, 99 게임대상 수상작 선정".
Korea Economic Daily (in Korean). 13 December 1999. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
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^ Won, Nak-yeon (19 December 2001).
"[사람사람] 대한민국 게임대상 받은 소프트맥스사".
Joins.com (in Korean).
JoongAng Ilbo. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
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^ Brightman, James (14 February 2013).
"NCsoft licenses Unreal Engine 4".
GamesIndustry.biz.
Gamer Network. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
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^ Lefebvre, Eliot (13 November 2013).
"ArcheAge wins big at Korea Game Awards".
Engadget.
Verizon Media. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
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^ Sohn, Ji-young (16 November 2016).
"Nexon wins grand prize at 2016 Korea Game Awards".
The Korea Herald.
Herald Corporation. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
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^ 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.
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"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.
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^ 한혜원 (2021-11-17).
"'오딘: 발할라라이징', 2021 대한민국 게임대상 4관왕". 연합뉴스 (in Korean). Retrieved 2023-12-20.
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^ 김주환 (2022-11-16).
"2022 대한민국 게임대상에 넥슨 '던전앤파이터 모바일'". 연합뉴스 (in Korean). Retrieved 2023-12-20.
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^ 김주환 (2023-11-15).
"네오위즈 'P의 거짓', 대한민국 게임대상서 대상 포함 6관왕(종합)". 연합뉴스 (in Korean). Retrieved 2023-12-20.