Marine adventure game by Nexon’s Minrocket <데이브 더 다이버>won the Game Design Award at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Game Awards.
The BAFTA Game Awards is an awards ceremony hosted by the alcohol charity BAFTA since 1998, and is recognized for its authority mainly in the English and American countries.
At the 2024 awards ceremony <데이브 더 다이버>was nominated in a total of 6 categories, including ‘Best Game’, ‘Debut Game Award’, ‘Family Game Award’, ‘Game Design Award’, ‘Narrative Award’, and ‘New IP Award’.
This award is significant in that it competed with several works of excellent design that were mentioned as the best games of 2023. In the ‘Game Design Award’ category, <코쿤>, <드레지>, <젤다의 전설: 티어스 오브 더 킹덤>, <마블 스파이더맨 2>, <뷰파인더> Other titles were nominated.
Min Rocket producer Hwang Jae-ho, who stood on the podium, said, “I really didn’t expect it. until now <데이브 더 다이버>was nominated for several awards, but had no luck. “So I came today to congratulate the winner,” he said. “Thank you for giving me the award. This is a very meaningful award to our team. just now <젤다>“Didn’t you win?” he said, bringing laughter to the audience.
He continued, “When I brought up the concept of a chubby diver, a pixelated sea, and a sushi restaurant, the response was, ‘What are you talking about?’ But we believed in our concept and ourselves, and this is how we came to BAFTA. Thank you for allowing us to be proud of our work. “And I would like to express my respect to BAFTA for not including us in the ‘Best Indie Award’ nominations,” he said, expressing his acceptance speech.
In addition, PD Hwang said, “2023 was a long-lasting year in game history. It was an honor just to stand among many outstanding works. However, today I was able to return to Korea carrying this heavy mask (trophy).” revealed.
Meanwhile, <데이브 더 다이버>is the first domestic single package hybrid marine adventure game to surpass 3 million copies in cumulative sales, securing over 90,000 positive reviews and earning Korea’s first ‘Must Play’ title (rating of 90 or more) on the game review site Metacritic. There is a bar. It won the ‘Sit Back and Relax’ category at the ‘Steam Awards 2023’ held in January, and is being recognized by domestic and international users and critics for its novel gameplay and high level of completion.
