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No. 20 / August 2022, Cologne
#gamescom2022

gamescom award 2022: “And the winners are...!”
"Lies of P" wins the most gamescom awards +++ PLAION has best
line-up at gamescom 2022 +++ Bandai Namco booth in Hall 7 voted
Best Booth by the visitors                                                               gamescom
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The winners of gamescom awards 2022 have been announced. The gamescom
awards were presented in 20 categories in the scope of gamescom: Opening                 Franz Peter Mann
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Night Live, hosted by Geoff Keighley, and the gamescom studio.
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The jury of the gamescom award is unanimous: The big winner of gamescom 2022 is
"Lies of P". The jury distinguished the Souls-like which is based on the Pinocchio       F.Mann@koelnmesse.de
story as Best Action Adventure Game and Best Role-Playing Game as well as in the
platform category Most Wanted Sony PlayStation Game. The rhythm shooter "Metal:
Hellsinger" was distinguished as Most Wanted PC Game and Best Action Game.
Daedalic Entertainment from Hamburg was delighted to win Best Indie Game and             Koelnmesse GmbH
Most Original Game for its title "Inkulinati". PLAION received the distinction for the   Messeplatz 1
best line-up of gamescom 2022.                                                           50679 Köln
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The jury of the gamescom award showed the worldwide gaming industry's solidarity         Germany
with the Ukraine by presenting the HEART OF GAMING Award. Whether big                    Tel. +49 221 821-0
campaigns in games, in the course of which millions of Euros in donations have been      Fax +49 221 821-2574
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collected for the Ukrainian population or fast aid for game developers provided by
their colleagues from all over the globe: The international games industry showed        Executive Board:
its solidarity with Ukraine promptly and resolutely in a wide range of ways.             Gerald Böse (President and Chief
                                                                                         Executive Officer)
The most awaited games presented at gamescom are distinguished with the                  Oliver Frese

gamescom award. Further information on the gamescom award as well as an
                                                                                         Chairwoman of the Supervisory
overview of the nominees and the jury members is available at https://www.               Board:
gamescom.de/de/gamescom/gamescom-award                                                   Mayor of the City of Cologne
                                                                                         Henriette Reker
An overview of the winners of the gamescom award 2022:
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### Platform categories group ###                                                        Cologne
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Most Wanted Microsoft Xbox Game
- The Last Case of Benedict Fox, Rogue Games
Most Wanted Nintendo Switch Game         Page
- Tin Hearts, Wired Productions          2/5

Most Wanted PC Game
- Metal: Hellsinger, Funcom

Most Wanted Sony PlayStation Game
- Lies of P, Neowiz

### Genre categories group ###

Best Action Adventure Game
- Lies of P, Neowiz

Best Action Game
- Metal: Hellsinger, Funcom

Best Family Game
- Paper Trail, Newfangled Games

Best Indie Game
- Inkulinati, Daedalic Entertainment

Best Multiplayer Game
- Warhammer 40,000: Darktide, Fatshark

Best Ongoing Game
- Sea of Thieves, Microsoft

Best Role-Playing Game
- Lies of P, Neowiz

Best Sports Game
- AEW: Fight Forever, THQ Nordic

Best Strategy/Simulation Game
- IXION, Kalypso Media                                                            Page
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Most Original Game
- Inkulinati, Daedalic Entertainment

### Consumer awards categories group ###

Best Booth
- Bandai Namco Entertainment, Hall 7

Best Trailer
- Hogwarts Legacy, Warner Bros. Games

### gamescom Global Award categories group ###

gamescom goes green award
- Ukie

Best Line-up
- PLAION

HEART OF GAMING Award
- Game Industry Solidarity Campaigns for Ukraine

Your contact:

Benjamin Rostalski, Tobias Lo Coco

Stiftung Digitale Spielekultur

Marburger Str. 2 | 10789 Berlin | Germany

Tel. +49 30 29 04 92 92

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About gamescom
gamescom is the world's largest event for computer and video games and Europe's
largest business platform for the games industry. In 2022, gamescom will take place      Page
in Cologne and online from Tuesday, 23. August to Sunday, 28. August. gamescom           4/5
2022’s official partner country is Australia. gamescom is jointly organized by
Koelnmesse and game - Verband der deutschen Games-Branche e.V..

Koelnmesse – industry trade fairs for the gaming sector: Koelnmesse is an
international leader in organising trade fairs in the gaming and entertainment
segments. Hosted at the trade fair grounds in Cologne/Germany, gamescom is the
world’s largest event for computer and video games and Europe’s largest business
platform for the games industry. gamescom brings together passionate gamers,
trade visitors and exhibitors from across the world with a highly effective approach –
in person at the venue and digitally from anywhere in the world. This makes
gamescom the premier B2C, B2B and B2G gaming event. In addition to the event at
its Cologne headquarters, Koelnmesse is strategically expanding its portfolio
internationally: In Singapore, gamescom asia provides an additional powerful
industry platform for the rapidly growing Asia-Pacific games market, bringing
together the full spectrum of supply and demand.
Further information: b2b.gamescom.global/gamescom/gamescom-2022/industry-
trade-fairs/

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