The winners of most categories of the DCP 2025 are determined in a two-stage system. First, twelve expert juries deliberate on the nominations in all categories before the main jury selects the winners from these nominations. In the categories ‘Best German Game’, ‘Best International Game’ and ‘Special Jury Prize’, the main jury determines the winners from the totality of all submitted games / special prize candidates. However, the expert juries may make recommendations for these categories. Two members of each expert jury are also part of the main jury at the same time, which consists of up to forty people. The main jury decides on the final award.
Jury Chair
Prof. Dr. Sabiha Ghellal
HdM Stuttgart
Main Jury
Expert Jury
Jens Bahr
Off The Beaten Track
Phillip Bartel
Senatskanzlei Berlin
Michaela Bartelt
Electronic Arts
Sarah Bashir
Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg
Marie Bielefeld
Institut Spawnpoint
Samira El Ouassil
Freie Journalistin
Amanda Förtsch
Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg GmbH
Andreas Garbe
h1 - Fernsehen aus Hannover
Prof. Dr. Sabiha Ghellal
HdM Stuttgart
Lynne Glaner
Actress and Voiceover Artist
Anke Günther
Beardshaker Games
René Habermann
Bippinbits GmbH
Nicole Hanisch
Computerspielemuseum
Joachim Hesse
Satzgold
Anna Kassautzki
Deutscher Bundestag
Jan Klose
game Hessen
Thorsten Kodalle
Bundeswehr Command and Staff College
Dr. Lisa König
Zentrum für didaktische Computerspielforschung / PH Freiburg
Lena Laaser
GAME:IN e.V. and Friendly Fire
Benjamin Lochmann
Pixel Maniacs
Malandela Mabaso
Goodgame Studios
René Nold
weltenbauer. Software Entwicklung
Jennifer Pankratz
Pithead Studio
Pithead Studio Dr. Enrique Perez
BIMM University - Met Studios
Stefan Randelshofer
Larian Studios
Michael Schade
ROCKFISH Games
Alex Siedenbiedel
DONOTS
Magnus von Keil
SAT.1 Breakfast TV / RBB Radio Eins
Finja Walsdorff
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Markus Zierhofer
AudioCreatures
Jens Bahr
Off the Beaten Track
Michaela Bartelt
Electronic Arts
Sarah Bashir
Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg
Marlene Beilharz
Media Scientist
Marie Bielefeld
Institut Spawnpoint
Valentina Birke
Super Crowd Entertainment
Antonia Dreßler
PC Games
Daniel Dumont
Gaming Minds Studios
Madeleine Egger
Booster Space Events and Consulting
Timo Falcke
Toukana Interactive GmbH
Thomas Friedmann
Funatics Software GmbH
Manuel Fritsch
Insert Moin
Fritz Fölster
Unterhaltungssoftware Selbstkontrolle (USK)
Amanda Förtsch
Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg
Andreas Garbe
h1 - Fernsehen aus Hannover
Lynne Glaner
Actress and Voiceover Artist
Sarah Gloeckler
Riot Games
Anke Günther
Beardshaker Games
René Habermann
Bippinbits GmbH
Nicole Hanisch
Computerspielemuseum
Joachim Hesse
Satzgold
Lea Irion
Südwest Presse
Lara Keilbart
Freelance Journalist
Jan Klose
game Hessen
Tobias Kopka
Curatomic
Lisa König
Zentrum für didaktische Computerspielforschung / PH Freiburg
Nadine König
INSTINCT3
Lena Laaser
GAME:IN and Friendly Fire
Benjamin Lochmann
Pixel Maniacs
Malandela Mabaso
Goodgame Studios
Alexander Marbach
Hochschule Mittweida
Max Neu
Landesverband Kinder- und Jugendfilm Berlin e.V.
René Nold
weltenbauer. Software Entwicklung
Jennifer Pankratz
Pithead Studio
Dr. Enrique Perez
BIMM University - Met Studios
Mick Prinz
Amadeu Antonio Foundation
Fabian Quosdorf
mixed.world GmbH
Stefan Randelshofer
Larian Studios
Hendrik Rump
Quantumfrog
Anne Sauer
Playing History
Michael Schade
ROCKFISH Games
Stephan Schölzel
Media educator
Prof. Dr. Eik-Henning Tappe
FH Münster / GMK
Magnus von Keil
SAT.1 Breakfast TV / RBB Radio Eins
Finja Walsdorff
Universität Siegen
Marius Winter
Wunderfax
Markus Zierhofer
AudioCreatures
Benedikt Wenck
Freelance Journalist