Crystal Pixel Video Game Awards continues to grow even more this year. We will meet at ESA Esports Arena on May 16 for the local game awards.
Crystal Pixel Video Game Awards, finds its owners on May 16 at ESA Esports Arena. Crystal Pixel Video Game Awards, which was reorganized with the main sponsorship of VLMedia, communication sponsorship of Paycell, and event sponsorship of Geforce NOW powered by GAME+, brings together the beautiful games from Turkey with the players of our country and all over the world.
Kristal Piksel, whose format has completely changed this year and moved towards successful global examples, will be broadcast on Twitch and YouTube on May 16 at 20:00 as a dynamic and entertaining award ceremony.
Kristal Pixel Meets Players for the First Time with Its New Face
Kristal Piksel, which has been held since 2012 but could not be held due to the earthquake disaster we experienced last year, supports Turkey’s game studios that stand out with original ideas and successful games, as always. The awards, hosted and managed by the Turkish Game Developers Association, are evaluated in 12 categories this year.
While Kristal Pixel expands its borders, it also breaks its own shell with a brand new face. As it evolves from an in-industry event to an event closer to the players and in their language, it focuses on bringing our game developers and players together on a common platform. With this goal, not only our developers; It is becoming a colorful event in which all players, gaming communities, media and publishers in Turkey will participate.
Crystal Pixel, to which 71 beautiful games applied with a record participation this year, brings together the games that are nominated in 12 main categories, as well as the unpublished games, in the Crystal Pixel Selection. Thus, our players have the chance to take a look at our best local games that will be released in the coming months.
The main goal is to support our game developers
Aiming to provide motivation within the industry by honoring our successful studios to date, Kristal Piksel now focuses on providing direct benefit to our game developers. All of our games that are candidates or included in the selection for Crystal Pixel gain both local and global promotion and marketing opportunities, thanks to the valuable support provided by Paycell. Paycell, which is the payment method trusted and preferred by players with its exciting game campaigns, thus provides the first international promotion chances for many of our games and allows us to create a showcase of games produced in Turkey.
Kristal Piksel also rolls up its sleeves to support our young entrepreneurs. Aiming to establish strong collaborations with game developer communities and academies, Kristal Piksel financially supports the Jamination 7 event of the ITU OTG club with the support of Geforce NOW powered by GAME+, which brings together the cloud gaming service, which is the newest and transformative game technology, with Turkish players, and brings the games from here to its stage to young people. and brings together our experienced entrepreneurs. With Geforce NOW powered by GAME+ cloud gaming technology, players can play games without downloading games, without hardware and device dependency, wherever they are, from devices such as computers, tablets, phones or Android TV, without the need for expensive gaming hardware. Our event sponsor, Geforce NOW powered by GAME+, is also setting up experience areas to bring this technology to players on the day of the award ceremony.
Turkey’s best games will compete in 12 categories
Games released after the last Crystal Pixel date, that is, the end of 2021, will compete to be the Game of the Year at the 2024 Crystal Pixel Game Awards. The categories that the 9-person jury committee carefully evaluated and selected Turkey’s best games are as follows:
- Best Game Design
- Best Narrative
- Best Visual Art
- Best Audio Art
- Best Gamification
- Innovative Game Idea
- Best Serious Game
- Promising Studio
- Best Console Game
- Best Mobile Game
- Best PC Game
- Game of the Year