2024 TOG Paper Award (presented at COG 2026)

A. Sestini, L. Gisslén, J. Bergdahl, K. Tollmar and A. D. Bagdanov. (2024). Automated Gameplay Testing and Validation With Curiosity-Conditioned Proximal Trajectories. IEEE Transactions on Games, 16(1), 113-126.

Honorable Mention: S. Värtinen, P. Hämäläinen and C. Guckelsberger. (2024). Generating Role-Playing Game Quests With GPT Language Models. IEEE Transactions on Games, 16(1), 127-139.

Honorable Mention: B. Xavier, D. Viana and R. Santos. (2024). A Dive Into the State of the Practice of the Brazilian Game Software Ecosystem. IEEE Transactions on Games,16(1),195-204

2023 TOG Paper Award (presented at COG 2025)

Tao, J., Xiong, Y., Zhao, S., Wu, R., Shen, X., Lyu, T., ... & Pan, G. (2022). Explainable AI for cheating detection and churn prediction in online games. IEEE Transactions on Games, 15(2), 242-251.

2022 TOG Paper Award (presented at COG 2024)

Oh, I., Rho, S., Moon, S., Son, S., Lee, H., & Chung, J. (2021). Creating pro-level AI for a real-time fighting game using deep reinforcement learning. IEEE Transactions on Games, 14(2), 212-220.

Honorable Mention: P. Migkotzidis and A. Liapis, "SuSketch: Surrogate Models of Gameplay as a Design Assistant," in IEEE Transactions on Games, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 273-283, June 2022.

Honorable Mention: P. Kantharaju, K. Alderfer, J. Zhu, B. Char, B. Smith and S. Ontañón, "Modeling Player Knowledge in a Parallel Programming Educational Game," in IEEE Transactions on Games, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 64-75, March 2022.

2021 TOG Paper Award (presented at COG 2023)

Graja, S., Lopes, P., & Chanel, G. (2020). Impact of visual and sound orchestration on physiological arousal and tension in a horror game. IEEE Transactions on Games, 13(3), 287-299.

Honorable Mention: V. J. Hodge, S. Devlin, N. Sephton, F. Block, P. I. Cowling and A. Drachen, "Win Prediction in Multiplayer Esports: Live Professional Match Prediction," in IEEE Transactions on Games, vol. 13, no. 4, pp. 368-379, Dec. 2021,

Honorable Mention: S. Ariyurek, A. Betin-Can and E. Surer, "Automated Video Game Testing Using Synthetic and Humanlike Agents," in IEEE Transactions on Games, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 50-67, March 2021

2020 TOG Paper Award (presented at COG 2022)

Zhao, Y., Borovikov, I., de Mesentier Silva, F., Beirami, A., Rupert, J., Somers, C., ... & Zaman, K. (2020). Winning is not everything: Enhancing game development with intelligent agents. IEEE Transactions on Games, 12(2), 199-212.