It’s nominee time! With no less than 93 entries, the battle for a Belgian Game Awards nomination has never been more heated. Because of an unbreakable deadlock in some categories, the jury decided to expand the amount of nominees from four to five. Thrilling stuff! So without further ado: let’s find out who’s up for the grand prizes during the digital award ceremony on 1st of October.

Student Game of the Year

• Bulan Mimpi, Haute École Albert Jacquard
• Detritus, Digital Arts & Entertainment
• Glint, Haute École Albert Jacquard
• Momentum, Digital Arts & Entertainment
• Petit Voyage, Alice Daria

Mobile Game of the Year

• Hidden Through Time, Rogueside
• Pink, Bart Bonte
• The Almost Gone, Happy Volcano
• Words for a Bird, Bart Bonte

Debut Game of the Year

• Blazing Sails, Get Up Games
• Lancelot’s Hangover: The Quest for the Holy Booze, Jean-Baptiste de Clerfayt
• Rolling Hamster, Flip It
• Sizeable, Business Goose Studios

AR/VR Game of the Year

• Cubism, Vanbo
• Deisim, Myron Software
• Hyper Dash, Triangle Factory
• Pollinator Park, Poppins & Wayne

Non-Entertainment Game of the Year

• BabelAR, LUCA School Of Arts
• Painting VR, Oisoi.studio
• Pollinator Park, Poppins & Wayne
• Silver, CREATE

Console/PC Game of the Year

• Ary and the Secret of Seasons, eXiin
• Black Legend, Warcave
• Sizeable, Business Goose Studio
• The Almost Gone, Happy Volcano

Most Anticipated Game of the Year

• Arisen, Maratus
• Ghost on the Shore, like Charlie
• Hubris, Cyborn
• Roguebook, Abrakam Entertainment
• Shredders, FoamPunch

And there you have it! For now. You might remember there being awards for video game studios and esports mavericks as well, but we’ll keep those nominations a little closer to our chest for the time being. Expect more on that near the end of the summer.

That’s around the time you’ll be able to start voting online for your favourite title to win the Audience Award as well! A final mystery is who follows in the giant footsteps of Swen Vincke to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award? So many questions that will be need answering during the award ceremony on 1st of October. Anyone can tune in for free, so we hope you’ll all watch the show and root for friends and colleagues to go home with a precious trophy.

This year’s celebration of #BelgianGamesIndustry is organised by Flanders DC, BelgianGames and VRT.nu, and wouldn’t be possible without the valued support of RTBF, FLEGA, WALGA, hub.brussels, Cronos Interactive, VAF|GAME, Wallimage Entreprises, Belgian Esports Federation and speelhetslim.be/jouezmalin.be.