The international award categories and the category 'Player of the Year' are exempt from donation. The award consists of 15 categories including a 'Special Jury Award' and the category 'Player of the Year' elected by the community. Besides the introduction of new and the re-structuring of existing categories, criteria for registration have been reformulated. In 2015, the award was fundamentally reshaped. Basic condition to submit a game in one of the donated categories is a development quota of 80 percent of the game in Germany. Prize money is only disbursed to winners in national categories. Awarded are games of 'cultural and pedagogical value', technical or gameplay-related innovations or games of high entertainment value. The German Video Game Awards are the most prestigious games award within Germany. The prize money is donated by those supporters and amounts to a total of €790,000 in 2021.

The German Video Game Awards 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 venue for the German Video Game Awards ceremony alternates annually between Munich and Berlin. The Deutscher Computerspielpreis (The German Video Game Awards) was first awarded in 2009.

The DCP is awarded by the Federal Republic of Germany, represented by the Ministry of State for Digitalisation and the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure, and game – the German Games Industry Association. The Deutscher Computerspielpreis (DCP, German Video Game Awards) is a prize for the German games industry and has been awarded since 2009.

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