January 17th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »
The International Mobile Game Awards jury has shortlisted the nominees for the seventh award show in Barcalona. IMGA received 263 games from thirty countries around the world.
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.”
