Neowiz’s ‘The Lie of P’ wins 6 awards including the grand prize at the 2023 Korea Game Awards

2023-11-15 09:27:49

▲ Jiwon Choi, Producer of Round 8 Studio, is delivering his acceptance speech at the 2023 Korea Game Awards held at BEXCO, Busan on November 15. <비즈니스포스트>

[비즈니스포스트] The console game ‘The Lie of P’ developed by Round 8 Studio under Neowiz won a total of 6 categories, including the grand prize, at this year’s Korea Game Awards.

P’s Lie was honored with the grand prize at the ‘2023 Korea Game Awards’ awards ceremony held at the BEXCO Convention Hall in Busan on the 16th.

Producer Choi Ji-won of Round 8 Studio said in his acceptance speech, “From now on, we will only make games that are fun and touching. Games in Korea are changing. If game fans love our games, those in the game industry will do their best to the best of their ability.” revealed.

P’s Lie achieved excellent graphic perfection and received positive reviews from gamers around the world for challenging the ‘Soullike’ RPG genre that Korean game companies had not often ventured into.

After its release in September, cumulative sales exceeded 1 million units by October, with more than 90% of them being sold overseas, attracting attention as an example for domestic developers seeking to enter the package game market.

Neowiz received the Korea Game Award for the first time since its establishment in 2007.

The grand prize went to ‘Dave the Diver’ from Min Rocket under Nexon Korea.

The Excellence Award went to Wemade Mad Engine’s ‘Night Crow’, Shift Up’s ‘Nike, Goddess of Victory’, and Smilegate Entertainment’s ‘Crossfire Sierra Quad’.

At the awards ceremony on this day, awards were given in a total of 14 categories, including the grand prize, grand prize, excellence award, and technology and creativity awards.

Neowiz won three out of four technology and creative awards categories.

The awards in the planning and scenario, sound, and graphics categories went to P’s Lie.

The character category was won by ‘Nike, the Goddess of Victory.’

P’s Lie won the Popular Game Award, and the Outstanding Developer Award went to producer Choi Ji-won, who led the development of P’s Lie.

The Indie Game Award went to New Core Games’ action game ‘Devil Within Hat,’ and the Good Game Award went to ‘Flawless Darkness’, developed by Old Eyes with consideration for the visually impaired.

The Excellence in Social Contribution Award went to Kakao Games, and the Achievement Award went to the media company The Games Daily.

The e-Sports Development Award was received by Kang Seong-hoon, director of Spirit Zero, an e-sports gaming team that produced a gold medal at the Hangzhou Asian Games.

The Game Business Innovation Award was won by Com2uS Loca, a VR game specialist company, and the Startup Company Award was won by Pau Games. Reporter Cho Choong-hee

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