The nominees for the International Mobile Gaming Awards (IMGAs) were announced today with 30 games in six categories being put forward for the final round of judging. 263 games from all over the world were submitted for review by the international panel of experts. The 30 nominees are:
| CATEGORY | DEVELOPER/PUBLISHER | COUNTRY |
| BEST CASUAL GAME | ||
| Bird Strike – Gold Edition | PikPok | New Zealand |
| Bulba The Cat | C4M | France |
| Fruit Ninja | Halfbrick | Australia |
| Jenga | NaturalMotion | UK |
| Plants vs. Zombies | PopCap Games | Ireland |
| BEST REAL WORLD GAME | ||
| AR Invaraders | Soulbit7 | Israel |
| Blaze | A Different Game | Sweden |
| Ghostwire | A Different Game | Sweden |
| Pocket Critter | Jilin Animation Institute | China |
| Tourality | Creative Workline | Germany |
| BEST SPORTS GAME | ||
| Billabong Surf Trip | Biodroid Productions | Portugal |
| Championship Manager 2011 | Dynamo Games Ltd | Scotland |
| Ice Breaker | NaturalMotion | UK |
| Let’s Golf 2 | Gameloft | United Kingdom |
| Snowboard Hero | Fishlabs | Germany |
| EXCELLENCE IN DESIGN | ||
| Galaxy on Fire 2 | Fishlabs | Germany |
| ilomilo | Southend Interactive | Sweden |
| Infinity Blade | Chair Entertainment | USA |
| Real Racing 2 | Firemint | Australia |
| Zen Bound 2 | Secret Exit Ltd. | Finland |
| EXCELLENCE IN GAMEPLAY | ||
| Beyond Ynth | FDG Entertainment | Germany |
| Guns’n’Glory | Handy Games | Germany |
| N.O.V.A. 2 | Gameloft | France |
| Perfect Cell | Mobigame | France |
| Pix’n Love Rush | BulkyPix | France |
| MOST INNOVATIVE GAME | ||
| Anomaly Warzone Earth | 11 bit studios | Poland |
| EpicWin | Tak Fung | UK |
| Finger Balance | Coconut Island Studio | China |
| Papa Sangre | Somethin’ Else | United Kingdom |
| The Line | Ant Hive Games | China |
“We have had an unprecedented response for the year’s awards”, said Maarten Noyons, CEO and Founder of the IMGA. “We see a trend of very high quality, big productions coming to the mobile platform and on the other hand a lot of fresh innovative casual games. I think the jury has made a very interesting choice. The 7th IMGA shows a wealth of new ideas and ground-breaking quality coming from studios all over the world. I would like to congratulate each of the developers that have games nominated and thank everyone who submitted games to the awards.”
During the last six years the IMGA has reviewed more than 1,400 mobile games from more than 52 countries including the USA, Ukraine, Israel, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, China, the Czech Republic, Brazil and Belgium. Participants include PhD students, researchers, artists, individual developers and the top ten mobile games publishers and developers in the world. The winners in each category for this year’s awards will be announced at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona in February.
The International Mobile Gaming Awards (IMGA), launched in 2004 is the leading platform for Innovation in Mobile Entertainment worldwide. Each year mobile gaming studios, individual developers, students and researchers are challenged to come up with the most innovative concepts for tomorrow’s mobile games. The IMGA brings together Industry leaders and top talent in Mobile Entertainment and displays the most innovative Mobile Entertainment Games and Applications to a broad worldwide audience.
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