IMGA Awards Winners Revealed

The International Mobile Gaming Awards (IMGA), the world’s largest competition for mobile games, announced this year’s winners at a crowded awards ceremony at MWC earlier this week.
A jury of specialists from Japan, US and Europe selected the winners out of the 25 nominees from the US, China, Japan, Korea, Philippines, Thailand, India, UK, Netherlands, France, Denmark, Spain, Poland, Sweden and Australia.
The Best Casual Game Award went to ‘Treasure Arm’, produced by Tequila Mobile from Poland. ‘Furby Island’, produced by Spanish company LemonQuest , won the Best Licensed IP-Based Game Award. The Excellence in 3D award went to Digital Legends in Spain for ‘ONE’, while Jadestone from Finland received the Excellence in Gameplay award for ‘Dirk Dagger and the Fallen Idol’. The IMGA Jury decided not to hand out the Excellence in Connectivity award this year.
The $15,000 (£7,500) Grand Prix went to Ideaworks3D from the UK for ‘Metal Gear Solid Mobile’, published by Konami. This game also took the Operator’s Choice Award, one of two new awards launched this year, selected by a jury of mobile operators.
The second new award, the People’s Choice Award, went to Firemint from Australia for its ‘WRC’ (‘World Rally Championship’) game. This was the result of a ‘Web and Wap’ public vote.
“The fourth IMGA was a big step forward for us,” says Maarten Noyons, CEO and founder of the IMGA. “We’ve had the largest, most widespread and richest participation since 2004, with two new awards to encourage a new level of entry. Moreover, a partnership with the GSM Association gives us a front row seat at the Mobile World Congress. Equally, our partnership with Buongiorno fuelled the People’s Choice Award efficiently through Wap voting and game delivery to journalists worldwide.”
Mark Smith, Media Communications Director of the GSMA adds:
“We are delighted with the success of this first event in collaboration with the IMGA and we look forward to continuing this collaboration in order to establish a real focus on mobile games at this key mobile industry event. Our congratulations go out to all the winners.”