Submissions now open with an expanded prize pool
March 23, 2021
[This unedited press release is made available courtesy of Game Developer and its partnership with notable game PR-related resource Games Press]
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Shenzhen, China, 23/03/2021 – Today Tencent GWB is happy to announce that submissions are open for the 2021 edition of their annual awards competition, The GWB Game Awards. The GWB Game Awards is a global competition to identify the best indie games and is open to games that have been recently released as well as unreleased games.
GWB Director Yunmi stated, “The 2020 GWB Awards were a huge success, with hundreds of international teams taking part. For this year, we thought long and hard about how to best help participating developers. After much consideration, we expanded our prize pool to include prizes that will directly help developers finish their games and reach a wider audience. That’s why this year our prizes include hardware, localization, conference attendance, cloud credit and mentorship, on top of cash prizes and promotion.”
In order to take part in the awards, developers and publishers should go to gwb.tencent.com/awards2021 and submit information about their game, as well as a playable build. The submission period will be open from March 22nd until June 30th and the entire participation process takes place online, with no attendance necessary. In August the final shortlist will be announced with the best titles being evaluated by a guest judge panel. Finally, the winners will be announced in October.
For the GWB Game Awards 2021, GWB has continued to partner with Intel GameDev BOOST and Tencent Cloud. As in 2020, both partners have generously offered prizes to participating teams and will assist in the promotion of the event and participating teams. Thanks to the support of its partners in 2020, GWB received more than 200 entries from international teams, across more than 30 countries. With an expanded prize pool, GWB expects this number to increase in the 2021 awards season.
The GWB Awards 2021 Prize Pool consists of:
Cash prizes (11 titles)
Intel hardware for every winning team (11 titles)
$2000 Cloud Credit to best multiplayer game (1 title)
Free demo booths at a Chinese game industry event (2 titles)
Free promotion on GWB and partner channels
1-on-1 mentorship sessions with industry experts
Free localization (one title)
The guest judge panel this year consists of:
Elle Osili-Wood (Television presenter and journalist)
Kim Pallister (General Manager, Gaming Solutions, Services and Worldwide Developer Relations - Intel)
Callum Underwood (Founder & Consultant - Robot Teddy)
Markus Kuhlo (Director of Marketing and Strategy – Tencent Cloud Europe)
Elaine Gómez (Gameplay and Systems Designer - E-Line Media)
Meredith Hall (Games & Digital Content Officer - Film Victoria)
Anna Megill (Lead Writer – Dishonored: Death of the Outsider, Control, Fable)
For more information, teams should go to gwb.tencent.com/awards2021. For the latest news about the GWB Game Awards, as well as other GWB events and activities, teams should also make sure to follow the Tencent GWB Twitter (@TencentGWB) and Facebook accounts (https://www.facebook.com/TencentGWB).
About Tencent GWB
Tencent GWB is a group within Tencent Games and the Tencent Institute of Games which runs activities designed to offer independent developers the opportunity to receive consultation, technical support, financial aid, publishing support or partnership connections from Tencent. As part of its responsibilities, all events and activities are focused on helping and elevating teams in the indie game community.
About Intel GameDev Boost Program
The Boost is a highly specialized network that is specifically designed with the goal of delivering marketing and sales value to Intel’s software developer partners. This value comes in the form of channels that Intel and our partners (retailers, OEMs, ODMs, etc.) own. The inventory for this network consists of social posts to our 1M followers, emails sent to our 1.3M subscribers, bundles through over 5000 retail locations (physical and online), sales through our affiliate partners like Green Man Gaming, and over 1B impressions. Learn more at software.intel.com/gamedev/boost.
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Press Contact:
Michael Britten
International Marketing Manager at Tencent GWB
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