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Best social mobile game NEW!
Mobile, social gaming has been growing tremendously over the last two years. These games make use of sophisticated platforms and embed advanced features who increase different social networking functionalities. If your game is a spearheading social mobile game, show us its advanced features, how players interact with each other, cross-platform features or other unique aspects.
EXCELLENCE IN GAME PLAY
Any mobile game that provides innovation in the way the mobile game is played and that succeeds in providing an excellent mobile gaming experience. This includes genre-busting concepts which create a new category of game content on mobile. If you compete in this category, make sure your video shows the fun of your gameplay, this will get you to the second judging round.
BEST CASUAL GAME
How quickly can you start playing and how difficult is it to stop? A casual game provides gameplay for every lost moment in a day. The jury will be looking for simple, highly addictive games, catering to a wide audience and with a certain amount of originality or innovation. If you want to be sure, look at the previous winner and nominees. If you are competing in this category, add a video showing the simplicity and addictiveness of your game.
BEST REAL WORLD GAME
We are looking for mobile games that make people get up and go, move, meet new friends and get into new, unexpected situations with other players both outdoors and indoors. This Award honours the games that make exceptional effective use of the "mobility" aspect of a mobile game. This includes (but is not necessarily limited to) location-based games using GPS, proximity-based games using Bluetooth to detect nearby players, augmented-reality games, or alternate reality games that blend with the player's real world.
MOST INNOVATIVE GAME
This prize recognizes the game which stretches the technical possibilities of mobile phones and still provides a compelling game experience. Over the years, the IMGA has always had an eye for the exploration of new dimensions in mobile gaming. The innovation can be in the User Interface, the multiplatform, location or context awareness, or simply a brilliant new idea nobody has ever thought of before.
BEST SPORTS GAME
Soccer, Baseball, Boxing, Street fighting, Rugby, Chess, all Olympic and non-Olympic sports on mobile handsets enter in this category. The jury will be looking out for new, innovative approaches to bring sports to mobile, whether the result is a casual game or a hard-core version.