Game sound specialist company Changjo Gongjakso held the awards ceremony for the 1st AI Game Sound Design Challenge with GXG 2026 (AI GSDC) at the GXG 2026 game culture festival held around Pangyo Station Plaza in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, on the 12th.

AI GSDC is a competition that utilizes the AI game sound production platform Gamesound.ai to create background music (BGM), sound effects (SFX), and voice (VOICE) for muted game videos. It was hosted by Changjo Gongjakso and co-organized by Audia and Likers. It was sponsored by GXG 2026, Com2uS Platform, Microsoft, Morisawa Korea, and the Korea Mobile Game Association.

A total of 12 game companies provided videos for 15 game IPs in the competition, including Com2uS, Haegin, AK Interactive, N드림, Blue Potion Games, Storytaco, Trypal Games, Dreamotion, Red Zingo Games, Hypercent, Birdletter, and U비스.

Participants generated, edited, and mixed sound effects, music, and voices using Gamesound.ai while restricting the use of external sound sources and samples. Ten entries that passed the preliminary evaluation by a panel of expert judges advanced to the finals, and the winners were selected by combining user web voting and judge evaluations.

The Gold Prize was awarded to the 'OVERTAKE' team, which reinterpreted 'World War Machines: Conquest'. The Silver Prize went to 'Iroi', who worked on 'Backroom Cleaners', while the Bronze Prize was awarded to 'Wasureteita', who worked on 'Backroom', and 'DCTL', which submitted 'Dragon Rider'. The Popularity Award went to 'team ohah', which worked on 'EOS BLACK', and Jung Hayoon, who worked on 'My Little Puppy'.

The Gold Prize-winning team received 3 million won in cash, 1 million won in Hive credits, and a 1-year pass for Gamesound AI Ultra. The Silver Prize winner received 1 million won in cash, and the Bronze Prize winners each received 500,000 won in cash. Hive credits and Gamesound.ai passes were also awarded.

Shin Soheon, CEO of Changjo Gongjakso and advisor to the GXG Game Music Competition, stated, 'Through these submitted works, we confirmed the possibility that Gamesound.ai can be utilized in actual game sound production, and that the creator's editing and mixing capabilities determine the completeness of the work.' The CEO added, 'While AI lowers the burden of production and enables various attempts, refining the generated sounds to fit the game and breathing life into them is the creator's job.'

The CEO further noted, 'Game music is a field where musicians of various colors can participate, as it is based on a free worldview and is not biased toward a specific genre or trend. As the gaming industry has grown, game audio and music are also highly likely to grow as a cultural industry.'

Videos and sounds of the 10 finalist entries can be viewed on the official AI GSDC website.