THE GWB
GAME AWARDS
2023

The GWB Game Awards is open to all indie game development teams worldwide - there is no restriction on the personal or corporate identity of the competitors. Participation is 100% free and GWB will never ask for money in exchange for registration, a trophy or prize distribution.

Entrants should not have been on sale prior to October 2022.

Any game released after that point, or still in development at the time of awards entry, is eligible to take part. The awards includes both released and unreleased games.

To participate in the competition, participants or companies shall ensure that they have the right of use or copyright of the submitted projects and relevant authorization, and shall not involve the Organizing Committee in any copyright disputes or other intellectual property disputes.

Projects with incomplete materials (no pictures, no video, no introduction, no demo) or inconsistent contents will not be reviewed. For the purpose of evaluation, the game should be in a playable state so that it can be provided to the jury for review.

Participants agree that their projects will be submitted to the judging panel for review. In order to complete certain prize categories, this judging panel may include event partners.

For the materials provided by the entrant, the organizer has the right to use it for publicity (including social media content), website display, etc. during and after the course of the event. Game builds will NOT be distributed by GWB for any purpose other than category judging by partners /judges.

In order to prevent delays at later judging stages, entrants will be required to submit access (e.g. a build link, keys etc.) for up to 12 people. If considered for the finals and/or partner prizes, entrants may be asked to submit further keys.

Projects need to be free of commercialization (no in-app purchases, no built-in advertising or other functions that can generate commercial benefits, including gambling and blockchain).

Entries can include console games, PC games, and mobile games (including H5).

Regarding prizes, relevant taxes may be deducted from cash prizes given for participation in GWB activities.

The organizer reserves the right to disqualify entries that are in clear violation of the competition rules, and reserves the right to refuse or withdraw event participation for any reason.

Games submitted after the submission period closes will be regarded as invalid.

Unreleased games are expected to be at a 30% stage of completion or above. Demos and Early Access games are also permitted to take part. If you wish to update the build, please contact GWB staff and provide updated links/keys. Please note, it is not possible to repeat a stage of judging that has already been started or completed with a previous build.

Internal judging will be scored according to a broad criteria which will include visuals, gameplay, music, theme etc. Extra consideration may be given to titles that show a high level of innovation,unique excecution and emotional, personal or cultural significance.

The final winners of the gold, silver and bronze awards will be decided by guest judges.

Partner Prizes will be decided by partners according to their own criteria.

Awards participants maintain all intellectual property rights. Tencent GWB may use clips, videos and other media related to the entries for the production of publicity materials for events and related activities including, but not limited to, press releases, social media content, awards ceremonies and game expos. Tencent GWB will not distribute builds in any form without express permission for any purpose other than awards judging.