The nominees for the 2026 Korea Game Awards, which selects the titles representing the Korean gaming industry this year, have been revealed. On October 26, the Korea Games Industry Association (K-GAMES) announced the candidate list for major categories—including the Main Award, Popularity Award, and Popular Voice Actor Award—on its official website and kicked off public online voting.
A total of 12 titles were nominated for this year's Main Award. Along with Pearl Abyss's 'Crimson Desert' and NCSoft's 'AION 2', the list of nominees includes 'Dokkaebi's World', 'Lost Eidolons: Veil of the Witch', 'Monster Taming: STAR DIVE', 'StoneAge: Idle Adventure', 'Eclipse: The Awakening', 'The Seven Deadly Sins: Origin', 'Imjin War: Joseon's Counterattack', 'Zeus: God of Arrogance', 'Chaos Zero Nightmare', and 'MIMESIS'.
This year's Korea Game Awards shapes up to be a competition spanning various genres, featuring flagship titles from major companies to new releases from small and medium-sized developers. While the open-world action-adventure 'Crimson Desert' and the MMORPG 'AION 2' are considered strong contenders for the Grand Prize, Netmarble produced the highest number of nominations by landing three titles from its subsidiary developers on the Main Award shortlist.
A total of nine titles, including 'Crimson Desert', 'AION 2', 'Monster Taming: STAR DIVE', and 'MIMESIS', were selected as nominees for the Popularity Award. For the Popular Voice Actor Award established last year, the nominees include voice actors Nam Do-hyeong (Cloud in 'Monster Taming: STAR DIVE'), Lee Jae-hyun (Lee Hyun, Kliff in 'Crimson Desert'), and Lee Jang-won (Yi Sun-sin in 'Imjin War: Joseon's Counterattack').
Online voting to select the final winners will take place on the official Korea Game Awards website from October 26 until November 16 at 5:00 PM. The Main Award winners will be determined by combining the judging committee's evaluation (50%), public voting (25%), and media voting (25%). This year's award ceremony will be held on November 18 at 4:00 PM at BEXCO in Busan, the day before the opening of G-STAR 2026, where winners across 13 total categories will be announced.
