ME Awards 2006: And the winners are

September 21st, 2006 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Game Awards | No Comments »

The ME award show has been held and the winners are known. The 2006 winners are;

• Best Imaging Company: Fonestarz
• Best Gambling Company: Spin3
• Best Adult Services Company: Cherrysauce
• Best D2C Aggregator: Jamster
• Best Games Developer: Digital Chocolate
• Best Games Publisher: Gameloft
• Best Music Label: Universal Music
• Best Video Producer: MTV
• Best Video and TV provider: MobiTV
• Best Music Service Provider: Shazam
• Best Games Service Provider: Terraplay
• Best Handset Company: SonyEricsson
• Best Payment/Billing Provider: mBlox
• Best Content Service Platform: Motricity
• Best On-Device Portal Provider: SurfKitchen
• Best Mobile Marketing Service Provider: Enpocket
• Best Content Service: 3 UK with Me TV
• Best Operator: 3 UK
• Outstanding Contribution to Mobile Entertainment: Ray Anderson, Bango

"The innovation and creativity of this sector is remarkable, affecting the habits of many millions of people all around the world. We’re delighted to have recognised this exceptional work with the ME Awards." commented Tim Green from ME Magazine.

The best in gaming

September 18th, 2006 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Game Awards | No Comments »

When it comes to awards, the guys at FierceGameBiz.com don’t know where to stop. This time, they spend their time to elect the best of the best when it comes to quality and innovation. Enjoy, the Fierce 15!

IMGA Awards: Deadline 25th of this month!

September 16th, 2006 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Game Awards | No Comments »

For all you who want to participate in the IMGA Awards, here is your final warning. The entry deadline is just a few days away, so make sure the jury receives your presentations/concepts in time!

Handango’s Best of Play awards

September 15th, 2006 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Game Awards | No Comments »

Handango announced its annual winners in their best for play categories. Handango has a best for play category for each device series it covers. So without anymore delay, the winners;

– Blackberry: Next

Fierce Top App Awards 2006

September 13th, 2006 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Game Awards | No Comments »

The guys over at Fierce Mobile Content have spend some nights comparing dozens of applications to find their top 10. It’s a good list based on innovation and guess what? There is a game in it as well! I must say I enjoyed the list as it really displays the inventive ways companies utilise the ultimate in mobile. Good job guys!

Nokia N-Gage to sponsor BAFTA Gameplay Award

September 4th, 2006 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Game Awards | No Comments »

Nokia announced their sponsorship to the gameplay award at the BAFTA awards this year. The gameplay award is the only award handed out by public voted while all others are chosen by a professional jury.

EIEF06 Goes Mobile

August 14th, 2006 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Game Awards | No Comments »

And the industry has yet another award to battle for as the Edinburgh Interactive Entertainment Festival 2006 has issued a new award for mobile. This time, we may battle over the EIEF Edge award which will be handed out on August 21st. Looking at the nominees list, the award is not aimed at anything specific as the contestants are Dirty Sanchez from Infospace, Doom RPG from EA Mobile, Lumines Mobile from Gameloft and Tower Bloxx from Digital Chocolate. Voting starts August 4th at www.edge-online.co.uk.

Gameloft receives Mobile Games Studio Award

August 1st, 2006 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Game Awards | No Comments »

Gameloft has done it again. This time, they bring home the “Best Mobile Studio” award at the 2006 Develop Industry Awards during the Develop Conference in Brighton. The “Best Mobile Studio” was the only award that night, meaning Gameloft was the overall mobile winner at a distance. Gameloft reacted with pride to their victory and highly values the meaning of the award. “The award means a lot to us, knowing the passion and the amount of effort put in by everybody within our company to create the best possible games and to bring them to the market.” Said Alexandre Tan, country manager of Gameloft for the UK.

ME Awards: Gaming nominees

July 31st, 2006 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Game Awards | No Comments »

The ME Awards 2006 are coming along pretty fast now, so in the latest issue of Mobile Entertainment Magazine, the nominees where listed for the upcoming award show. In the mobile gaming sector, there are two categories;

Best Mobile Game Developer
– Rockpool
– Digital Chocolate
– Mr. Goodliving
– Distinctive
– Morpheme
– Infospace

Best Games Publisher
– Glu
– I-Play
– Gameloft
– Hands-On
– EA
– THQ

The award show will be held at the Royal Garden Hotel, Kensington in London at the 19th of September.

Time to enter the “International Mobile Game Awards 2006”

June 16th, 2006 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Game Awards | No Comments »

Supported by sponsors like NVidia, Nokia, Adobe, Texas Instruments and the Movida Group, the IMGAwards 2006 are blasting off again after another successful show at 3GSM earlier this year.

Submissions are requested from all over the globe as the IMGAwards is all about original mobile game. Creativity is important and the IMGAwards is aimed at rewarding it, giving both the industry giants as well as hobbyists an equal chance to steal the show.

This years prices are split into “Most Innovative Game”, “Best Interactive Experience” , “Excellence In 3D”, “Best Use Of Connectivity” and of course “The Grand Prix”. Cash prices are available in all categories with additional prices for student entries ranging from new handsets to paid trips to 3GSM 2007 in Barcelona.

All entries should be send in before September the 11th. The shortlist of the 20 finalists will be announced on September the 20th. The 26th of January, the entered concepts should be finished products. The final judging and ceremony will be held during the 3GSM event in Barcelona at the 14th of February.