Korea Game Awards

Korea Game Awards
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LocationBusan
CountrySouth Korea
Presented byMinistry of Culture, Sports and Tourism
The Electronic Times [ko]
The Sports Chosun [ko]
First awardedDecember 2, 1996; 27 years ago (1996-12-02)[1]

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.[3][4][5]

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.[4]

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