Valve Unveils Steam Awards, the ‘Oscars’ for PC games

For the first time in Steam’s history, Valve has created a system that allows players to give recognition to their favourite games. Named ‘Steam Awards’, the community based system will allow you to decide the nominee most deserving of an award in each category.

There is a total of 8 official categories, but they don’t come with typical nomenclature:

• The “Test of Time” Award
• The “I’m Not Crying, There’s Something In My Eye” Award
• The “Just 5 More Minutes” Award
• The “Whoooaaaaaaa, dude!” Award
• The “Villain Most In Need Of A Hug” Award
• The “Game Within A Game” Award
• The “I Thought This Game Was Cool Before It Won An Award” Award
• The “Best Use Of A Farm Animal” Award
• The “We Didn’t Think of Everything” Award

The final award is an opportunity for players to come up with their own category. Senior members of the selection committee will then use the feedback to come to a suitable decision.

The timing of the Steam Awards announcement coincides with the Steam Autumn sale, which runs from November 23 – 29. Winners of the Steam Awards will be revealed in December.