Korea Game Awards 2026 opens public voting; 'Crimson Desert' among 12 main nominees

The Korea Game Industry Association opened online public voting for the 2026 Korea Game Awards on October 26, according to game.donga.com. Voting runs until 5 p.m. on November 16 through the awards' official website.

Voting covers three categories: the main award, the popular game award and the popular voice actor award. Twelve works are nominated for the main award, which includes the Presidential Award and the Prime Minister's Award: 'Dokkaebi's World', 'Lost Eidolons: Veil of the Witch', 'Mongil: STAR DIVE', 'Crimson Desert', 'StoneAge Raising', 'Eclipse: The Awakening', 'The Seven Deadly Sins: Origin', 'Imjin War: Counterattack of Joseon', 'Zeus: God of Arrogance', 'Chaos Zero Nightmare', 'AION2' and 'MIMESIS'.

Nine works compete for the popular game award, including 'Agatha Raising', which is not a main award nominee. Eight works appear in both the main award and popular game award nominee lists.

Three voice actors are nominated for the popular voice actor award: Nam Do-hyung as Cloud in 'Mongil: STAR DIVE', Lee Jae-hyun (Lee Hyun) as Cliff in 'Crimson Desert' and Lee Jang-won as Yi Sun-sin in 'Imjin War: Counterattack of Joseon'.

Public voting counts for 25% of the main award, 80% of the popular game award and 50% of the popular voice actor award. The main award also combines 50% judges' evaluation and 25% media voting; the popular awards use media voting for the remaining 20% and 50% respectively. The second round of main award judging takes place on November 11.

The 2026 Korea Game Awards ceremony will be held at 4 p.m. on November 18 at BEXCO Exhibition Hall 2 in Busan and broadcast live.