Archive for the ‘Game Awards’ Category

IGF’s Top 10 Weird Games

April 15th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Game Awards | No Comments »

When you start a mobile games award, you can expect a lot of weird entries. Gamasutra took a look at the submissions of the 2009 IGF awards and created a top 10 of the weirdest entries.

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World Cyber Games Announces Mobile Entries

April 14th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Game Awards | 1 Comment »

During this year’s World Cyber Games tournament, mobile games will return once again (though the press release is not totally clear about Samsung’s support for 2009).

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Apple Opens Design Awards

April 8th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Game Awards | No Comments »

Apple has opened up their Design Awards website. This means that developers can now take a shot at winning the newest Apple gear like iPhones, iPods and Macbooks.

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Player X Company of the Year at Media Magnate Awards

March 29th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Game Awards | No Comments »

It was a tight finish as they needed to compete with global broadcaster BSkyB, but last night Player X has managed to win the prestigious Media Magnate Awards.

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Channel 4’s iPhone Developer Funding

March 26th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Game Awards | No Comments »

The UK based broadcaster Channel 4 has opened up a new fund for mobile game developers. The company has set aside a nice sum of money for any developer that has a lean plan to stretch the new 3.0 firmware to its limits.

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GDC: Winners IGF Mobile Awards

March 25th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Game Awards | No Comments »

Yesterday at the Game Developer Conference, the IGF awards where handed out to their respective winners. Interestingly enough, all winners where iPhone entries except one. The non-iPhone winner was a Nintendo DS game.

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GDC: Mobile Games University Competition 2009 Winners

March 23rd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Game Awards | No Comments »

Forum Nokia revealed the winners of its global Mobile Games University Competition. Parsons The New School for Design in the US and The Upper Austria University have scooped the two prestigious top spots.

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Submit your Mobile Games for the Meffys

March 16th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Game Awards | No Comments »

It time for yet another mobile game award. This time, all of you can sign up to get their mobile games listed for the 2009 Meffys that will be awarded in the 23rd of June in London.

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MWC: International Mobile Game Awards Winners

February 21st, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Game Awards | No Comments »

Following the awards party of the International Mobile Game Awards, the jury has honoured several mobile game developers and publishers for their creative and innovative contributions.

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IGF Finalists Announced

February 15th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Game Awards | No Comments »

The Independent Games Festival has announced the mobile game developers that have been selected for their “Next Great Mobile Game” category at the IGF Awards.