Hugo Awards announced that it will open a "video game award" limited to 2021. According to the rules of the World Science Fiction Association, the DisCon III committee chose to create this special category award only in 2021. The
Hugo Award is one of the most prestigious awards in science fiction literature, and the Nebula Award can be called the Nobel Prize in science fiction. Its name comes from the "Father of Science Fiction Magazine" Hugo Gensbach, and its official name is "Science Fiction Achievement Award". The Hugo Award is awarded by the World Science Fiction Society (WSFS). It was first awarded at the World SF Convention in 1953 and has been awarded annually since 1955. Collette Fozard, co-chairman of
World Science Fiction Conference, said: People spend far more time on games than expected. The establishment of this award will provide fans with an opportunity to celebrate this year’s meaningful, enjoyable and extraordinary Different games. Therefore, this year will add a recognition for excellent games. The Hugo Award is not the first attempt to expand the recognition medium. In the early 2000s, awards were given to the best website for several years, but it failed to become a sustainable award.
Traditional science fiction literature awards have been avoiding video games as a medium of recognition. This is the first time this year. Video games are mostly creative and have provided a lot of inspiration for science fiction and fantasy novels over the years. In the future, the Hugo Award Research Committee will consider "best game or interactive experience" as a permanent award. The significance of video games as a medium of artistic expression should be Will slowly be recognized.
And the 79th Hugo Awards Ceremony will be held in August 2021 in Washington, DC, this year's hot game like "Cyberpunk 2077" which does not bouncing tickets may become popular candidates for the award. Then we can look forward to it~
