Talk:Deutscher Computerspielpreis

goalunited

The official website of Goalunited saying

"The developers at northworks Software GmbH from Hamburg have been working passionately on the title ever since the beginning of the goalunited series in 2006. Their goal is to provide all soccer fans a realistic challenge with immersive depth. In addition to other accolades, goalunited was awarded the German Developer’s Prize in 2009 as well as the German Computer Games Prize in 2011."

http://legends.goalunited.org/#thegame

Now i'm confused, because in this article i could not found goalunited and what prize they get. Were they awarded?

I do not know how old this question is, but the official page does not feature them as a nominee or as a winner for any year. Vestigium Leonis (talk) 20:17, 29 December 2022 (UTC)

Change of article name

I would suggest to rename the article to better fit in. One option would be DCP Awards, which would stay close to the original. The abbrevation already includes the word prize for P though, so it is not exactly a clever one to use. It is currently used by the german award site itself, but without "award".[1] Another other is already kind of stated in the text, as German Video Game Awards. Similar examples are the Czech Game of the Year Awards or Slovak Game of the Year Awards, where the original language is not used. A third option would be German Computer Games Prize / Award. Vestigium Leonis (talk) 20:12, 29 December 2022 (UTC)

We base the title of English Wikipedia article on what English-language sources call them. There's not much here. game uses "German Computer Game Award", which is pretty clean. PC Gamer uses the German title, "Deutscher Computerspielpreis," but there's also a suggestion that " German Computer Game Awards" works there. I'm neutral on whether to change it, as I'm fond of foreign-language article titles. ~Maplestrip/Mable (chat) 07:02, 18 September 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for the input, I will probably research sources once again and most likely use German Computer Game Awards. Most other video game awards use the plural as well, so I think it should be fine. Vestigium Leonis (talk) 08:18, 18 September 2023 (UTC)

Their site uses "German Computer Game Award". IceWelder [✉] 08:23, 18 September 2023 (UTC)

I see. I don't mind either of those (singular or plural), but it is kinda confusing that the award page uses singular and the industry association page of game uses plural, also in the most recent press release. As the association is actually awarding them, I would assume that this is an inconsistency on their side. Anyways, I guess we would have to use the award page as a reference for the official english name? Vestigium Leonis (talk) 09:17, 18 September 2023 (UTC)

There doesn't appear to be a consistent English name. The award isn't marketed internationally, so I would retain the German title. If it is to unwieldy, it may be officially abbreviated as DCP (Gameswirtschaft). IgelRM (talk) 20:46, 18 September 2023 (UTC)

Well, we have the PC Gamer source who cites the name as German Computer Game Awards from the association director while also explaining the native version. I would rather stick to this source. The industry association choses German Computer Game Awards for their own translation as well. Vestigium Leonis (talk) 07:36, 19 September 2023 (UTC)

Unsourced content

I removed any unsourced content and will rewrite it based on available, reliable sources. I kept the old text for reference though. Vestigium Leonis (talk) 19:33, 17 September 2023 (UTC)

In case someone is interested to provide reliable sources, I will gladly use them. Below is the old content for reference:

• The venue for the Deutscher Computerspielpreis ceremony alternates annually between Munich and Berlin. The Deutscher Computerspielpreis are presented by the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure and game – the German Games Industry Association, with the support of the Digital Gaming Culture Foundation.
• The Deutscher Computerspielpreis are the most prestigious games award within Germany. Awarded are games of "cultural and pedagogical value", technical or gameplay-related innovations or games of high entertainment value. Prize money is only disbursed to winners in national categories. Basic condition to submit a game in one of the donated categories is a development quota of 80 percent of the game in Germany.
• In 2015, the award was fundamentally reshaped. Besides the introduction of new and the re-structuring of existing categories, criteria for registration have been reformulated. The award consists of 15 categories including a "Special Jury Award" and the category "Player of the Year" elected by the community. The international award categories and the category "Player of the Year" are exempt from donation.
• The Deutscher Computerspielpreis are announced (tendered) jointly by politicians and industry and were created by the German Government following an initiative of the German Bundestag (German Parliament) in cooperation with the former game associations BIU (German Trade Association of Interactive Entertainment Software) and GAME (German Games Industry Association) trade associations. Documents concerning the origin of the award are the Report of BKM to the German Bundestag dated 24. October 2007 (federal printed matter: BT-Drs. 16/7081) and the resolution of the German Bundestag dating 21. February 2008 following a proposal of the grand coalition of the SPD Party and the CDU Party (printed matter: BT-Drs. 16/7116). Background of the initiative was the perceived change of importance within society regardless of age, sex and social background of gamers and the increase of games industry as an economy of scale, as well as the extended application of games and game technology in other sectors of economy. Until 2014 the Kulturstaatsministerium (State Ministry of Culture) was the political Partner complementary to BIU and GAME as the economical partners of the Deutscher Computerspielpreis. In 2014 the Ministry of Transport and digital Infrastructure adopted the role of the political partner.
• Primary purpose is the promotion of the German games industry. Especially the development of innovative cultural and pedagogical valuable games is emphasized. Complementing its role as an advancement award, the Deutscher Computerspielpreis also award donated prizes to game concepts from students within a particular category “Best debut” and “Best prototype” therefore support non-professionals financially to realize their ideas for video games.

Vestigium Leonis (talk) 19:35, 17 September 2023 (UTC)