The Belgian Game Awards are back! And how. The celebration of the best of our beloved #BelgianGamesIndustry will take place on October 18th in Brussels Expo and will team up with Gameforce/Comic Con/Heroes. If you’re a game company based in Belgium who’s released a game during the eligible period and you feel like you could totally crush this, submit your project and who knows, you’ll soon have one of the Belgian Game Awards trophies on your office desk! But the trophy isn’t the only reason you should submit your game or studio. Read on to know all about this year’s edition.

Why submit?

You’ve made a game! You should be celebrated! And why not do that together with your peers during a dazzling award show and have an awesome afterparty and show your game to a huge audience during gameforce/Heroes/Comic Con and be included in a dedicated PR campaign and be part of a Steam event and… The question should in fact be: Why wouldn’t you submit ^^?

Submission details

Eager to follow in the footsteps of previous award winners like Happy Volcano, I-Illusions, Larian Studios or Fishing Cactus? You can! All you need to do is this:

• Before going all in, read the regulations carefully to make sure your game or studio is eligible for this edition.
• Check out the categories and decide what you’d like to highlight in your game or studio. You can pick 3 categories per submitted game and we have 3 studio awards. Choose wisely.
• The most important step is this one: Submit your game. Submission deadlines differ according to the category you submit for:
  • Released game or Studio: May 21st
  • Upcoming game: August 16th
  • Student game: June 28
• Each submission costs €25,- and will grant you a free ticket to the Award show on October 18th.
• After submitting, you’ll be contacted for additional info, if needed.
• The winners will be announced during the Awards show on October 18th in Brussels Expo.

Categories

Because our #belgiangamesindustry is so diverse, we’ve got 3 different types of awards on offer: Awards for released games, an award for upcoming games and studio awards.

Game Awards

Apart from the returning favourites (Belgian Game of the Year, XR Game of the Year, Best Applied Game, Best Narrative, Best Audio, Best Visual Art) we’ve added Best Game design and Best Multiplayer to the mix. And we brought back the precious Most Anticipated Game, allowing teams to submit a game that will be released soon. Student Game of the Year is also back, although in a slightly different form. This year, schools will select their school’s top 3 games and will submit them. Later we’ll also be opening votes for our coveted Audience Award. So much to look forward to 🙂

Studio Awards

A lot of new opportunities here! Apart from the Best start-up Studio, we’ve launched Gamechanger of the Year and Best Tech Provider. These new awards put a spotlight on those studios doing amazing work but often stay below the surface.

Thanks

The Belgian Game Awards wouldn’t be possible without the #belgiangamesindustry and without the support of BelgianGames, Vlaamse Overheid, departement Cultuur, Jeugd & Media, VAF|GAME, Games.Brussels, Play.Brussels, WALGA, Wallimage Entreprises, RTBF, VRT, Speel Het Slim/Jouez Malin, Creative Europe en Cronos Interactive.