The Polkastarter GAM3 Awards, also known as the “Grammys” of Web3 gaming, have concluded, and the winners have been announced. On December 15, the winners of the first-ever industry awards were announced during a live event that marked the completion of the awards ceremony. The first edition of the annual Web3 gaming awards was held in 2022 as part of the GAM3 Awards.
The awards were a celebration of the greatest quality Web3 games and were hosted by Polkastarter Gaming, which was Polkastarter’s first move in reinventing the future of blockchain gaming. The event welcomed prominent members of the industry, as well as ecosystems and media sources, and it offered monetary prizes and services with a combined worth of more than $1,000,000 to the top game developers.
Celebrating The Best Web3 Games
The most attention was given to the GAM3 Awards Game of the Year, which honored the best Web3 game that blurred the boundaries between traditional and blockchain gaming. In terms of the award for Best Content Creator, there were a total of 23 different Web3 gaming content developers that were nominated up until the very last day of voting to determine who the best content creator was.
The following is the complete list of winners of GAM3 Awards:
| Game of the Year | Most Anticipated Game | Best Graphics | Best Action Game |
| Big Time | Shrapnel | Star Atlas | Superior |
| Best Mobile Game | Best Adventure Game | Best Casual Game | Best RPG |
| Thetan Arena | Big Time | Blankos Block Party | Illuvium |
| Best Shooter Game | Best Strategy Game | Best Card Game | Best Multiplayer Game |
| MetalCore | Gods Unchained | Gods Unchained | EV.io |
| Best Esports Game | Best Content Creator | People’s Choice Award | Games’ Choice Award |
| EV.io | Brycent | League of Kingdoms | The Harvest |
Immutable X, Blockchain Game Alliance, Machinations, Ultra, Naavik, Galxe, Hacken, Venly, HackenProof, Shorooq, Elixir, Arcade, and MetaCon are among the contributors, service providers, and grant partners who have made it possible for the winners to split prizes with a combined value of more than $1 Million.
The awards’ jury included the likes of Justin Kan, Founder of Fractal; Urvit Goel, Head of Global Games at Polygon Studios; Itai Elizur Managing Partner at Market Across; Rachel Levin, Director of Venture & Strategy at ImmutableX and Matt Sorg, Head of Technology at Solana Foundation, Edward Chang, Head of Gaming at Avalanche; and Yoshihisa Hashimoto, Co-Founder of Lv.99 and gaming industry veteran.
Huge Success Of The First GAM3 Awards
The GAM3 Awards were officially announced for the first time on October 23. Since then, hundreds of different Web3 games have requested that their communities put them forward for nomination and voting in a variety of categories. An estimated total of over 11 million people or more were introduced to thousands of social posts that were dispersed across partners, games, media sources, content creators, and community members.
The final selections were partially determined by voting from the community, which totaled more than 250,000 votes across all 16 categories. More than 40,000 different voters took part, and more than 13,000 tweets with the hashtag #GAM3Awards were posted.
The evaluation of video games was carried out using criteria such as the central loop, the graphics, the accessibility, the replayability factor, the fun components, and the overall playing experience. To be included, games needed to incorporate and make use of blockchain technology, but the primary focus was on how well the games played.
A worldwide jury consisting of gaming, media, and Web3 outlets was tasked with selecting the nominees for each category. These outlets were picked for their ability to maintain objectivity and their concentration on quality. Each publication that participated in the voting completed a confidential ballot that was not ranked and was based on the compiled and varied opinions of its entire editorial staff. Each publication listed its top five picks in each category on this ballot.
A number of highly anticipated Web3 games, such as Blocklords, Mythic Protocol, Cards of Ethernity, Mummy.io, and Elarium, were among those whose exclusive gameplay footage was presented at the GAM3 Awards. In addition, a number of additional Web3 games decided to use the event to display their impending announcements as well as gameplay footage that had not yet been made public.
