CEDEC Awards

CEDEC Awards
Awarded for	Outstanding game developers and games
Presented by	CESA Developers Conference
First awarded	2008
Official website	cedec.cesa.or.jp

CEDEC Awards are annually presented by CEDEC (CESA Developers conference) for outstanding game developers and games. The awards started in 2008, similar to the Game Developers Choice Awards.

CEDEC Awards nominees are selected by a nomination committee and a steering committee. CEDEC members, which are mostly game developers, then vote to determine the winners. This is in contrast to other Japanese video game awards, such as the Japan Game Awards, which chooses its winners from the Tokyo Game Show by popular vote. As a result, CEDEC Awards and Japan Game Awards tend to go to different games.

While the CEDEC Awards are essentially geared towards video games, any media that is digital, interactive, and entertainment may qualify. For example, the video website Niconico and the mobile app Sekai Camera have both won in the past.

In contrast with the Game Developers Choice Awards, CEDEC Award winners are primarily Japanese. However, there is no explicit rule stating that entries must be Japanese and a few winners, such as Infinity Ward, have been from other countries.

The first CEDEC Awards in 2008 included all games previously released. The 2009 awards included games from the latter half of the decade. Since 2010, only games released during the same year have been included.

(first awarded in 2009)

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