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No. 21 gamescom award 2010 for software hits and hardware trends
In the course of gamescom 2010, Koelnmesse is organising the gamescom award for the second time. An independent jury will be pricing the products presented in six different categories. Beside the best games innovations, extraordinary hardware innovations will also be priced for the first time this year. Exhibitors can still register their products until 30th July 2010. The awardees will be proclaimed exclusively at gamescom.
And the winner is... - not long to go until, again, the innovations of the games industry will be put through their paces and judged by an expert jury at gamescom. This year again, the best among them will be priced with the gamescom award. It rewards innovations having the potential to set the benchmark for future gaming. The products will be judged in the six categories "Computer Games", "Console Games", "Online Games" as well as "Mobile Games" for cell phones or portable consoles. The "Best of gamescom" category judges over all categories. This year, the best hardware innovations will also be priced for the first time. Koelnmesse has newly brought this category into being.
All companies exhibiting in the gamescom entertainment area are eligible for the gamescom award 2010. They can hand in their applications until 30th July 2010. The terms of participation and documents can be found at www.gamescom-cologne.com/en/gamescom/fuer_aussteller/anmeldung/gamescomaward/gamescomaward.php An independent expert jury from the publishing and media sector will examine, judge and price the hardware and software products presented and will proclaim the winners exclusively at gamescom. Michael Trier (chief editor of IDG Entertainment AG), Petra Fröhlich (chief editor of Computec Media AG), Christian Bigge (chief editor of Computerbild Online Dienstleistungs-GmbH), Harald Hesse (chief editor of Entertainment Media Verlag GmbH & Co. KG), Oliver Hartmann (Brot und Spiele GmbH) and Bernhard Schneider (Müller Ltd. & Co. KG) are the six members of the jury team.
gamescom is the largest trade fair and event highlight for interactive games and entertainment. It is said to be the leading B2B entertainment trade fair in Europe and thus the central trade and media platform of the industry. From 18th to 22nd August 2010, exhibitors, trade visitors and consumers will be celebrating the entire world of games on the Cologne fair grounds.
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