The Crystal Pixel Video Game Awards, which have been awarding Turkey’s best video games for twelve years, were presented to their owners this year with the ceremony held on Thursday, May 16th. tu.
Kristal Piksel, which broke a record with a total of 71 game applications this year, brought together developers, media and players at the enjoyable night hosted by Talha Aynacı and Dost Kayaoğlu. Kristal Piksel, whose main sponsor is VLMedia, whose communication sponsor is Paycell and sponsored by Digito, also attracted attention in the gaming sector as an event where local developers met in such a large crowd for the first time. proud of the product It turned into a ceremony.
Game of the Year New Cycle
In the awards distributed as a result of the meticulous evaluation of the jury consisting of academicians and members of the press, New Game received the Best PC Game and Game of the Year awards. Producer of the game Cycle Core Engage was the biggest winner of the night.
While Phew Phew Games received both the Best Console and Best Audio Art awards with its action and humor-filled game Anomaly Agent, Stratera Games / Rouge Duck won two separate games, Cardboard Town and Havasala: Into the He managed to win an award with Soul Palace.
Young Developers Made Their Mark on the Awards Ceremony
An important difference between Crystal Pixel 2024 and previous years was the success achieved by young people. They started developing PileUp! when they were still in high school. Remoob Games, which won the Most Innovative Game award with its game, was also deemed worthy of the Promising Studio award.
Another young team, Mind Labor, won the Crystal Pixel with Quadrata in the Best Mobile Game category, for which it was nominated with two games. Here are all the games that won awards on the night:
- BEST GAME DESIGN ÖAWARD
Stratera Games – Cardboard Town - THE BEST NARRATION ÖAWARD
Cultic Games – Cats and the Other Lives - BEST VISUAL ART ÖAWARD
Stratera Games – Havsala: Into the Soul Palace - BEST AUDIO ART ÖAWARD
Phew Phew Games – Anomaly Agent - INNOVATIVE GAME IDEA ÖPRIZE
Remoob – Pile Up! - FUTURE PROMISING STUDIO ÖPRIZE
Remoob Games - JÜRİ SPECIAL ÖPRIZE
DBK Games – SpaceBourne 2 - BEST MOBILE GAME – PRIZE
Mindlabor – Quadrata - THE BEST CONSOLE GAME – PRIZE
Phew Phew Games – Anomaly Agent - THE BEST PC GAME WITH A PRIZE
Core Engage – New Cycle - GAME OF THE YEAR ÖPRIZE
Core Engage – New Cycle
The new face of Kristal Piksel was revealed for the first time
The ceremony, which is the first step of Kristal Piksel’s evolution from an in-industry event to an event closer to the players and in their language, was met with interest by both developers and players. landed.
At the event, which filled the ESA Esports Arena, the participants had the chance to meet and share their projects, as well as experience the candidate games at the stand of sponsor Paycell.
Crystal Pixel Selection
At Kristal Piksel, which was held within the scope of the Games from Turkey program, which was first announced at the Game Developers Conference this year, trailers of games that have not yet been released were also featured. ¶shown.
A total of 38 games, with 22 nominated games and 16 shortlisted games, were entitled to both participate in the Games from Turkey program and use the promotional opportunities offered to their studios. .
