Announcing the 12th IMGA Winners

It is that time of the year: an amazing party, 300 people having fun in a beautiful room and the 14 winners of the 12th IMGA finally revealed!

Alysia Judge – editor of AppSpy, presented the awards, while the after-awards party was organized in partnership with Rovio. The leaders of the industry were gathered in the room, including the 12th IMGA sponsors: Microsoft, Tencent Games, Rovio, King, Supercell, Samsung Developer Conference, ARM, Euroméditerranée and Chillingo.

Sam Barlow’s Her Story won three Awards: Excellence in Innovation, Excellence in Sorytelling and the Grand Prix.

The Jury’s Honorable Mention went to LongStory (Bloom Digital Media, Canada) and Shadowmatic (Triada Studios, Armenia) won the People’s Choice Award and the Best Technical Achievement Award.

The following games won the following 8 categories’ awards:

• Agar.io by Miniclip (UK) for the Best Multiplayer Game
• Smashy Road: Wanted by Bearbit Studios (Netherland) for the Best Quickplay Game
• Fallout Shelter by Bethesda Game Studio (USA) in Guilty Pleasure
• This War of Mine by 11 bit studios (Poland) for the Best Meaningful Play
• Badland 2 by Frogmind Games (Finland) in Excellence in Gameplay
• Lumino City by State of Play Games (UK) in Excellence in Audio, Visual Art & Design
• Clash Royale by Supercell (Finland) for the Best Upcoming Game
• Land’s End by ustwo (UK) for the Best VR Game

Maarten Noyons, the IMGA’s founder commented, “Given the inherent, exhaustive games review process, sheer amount of submissions and credibility of the judging panel, the IMGA has inevitably been at the forefront of innovation and creativity. This year again, the IMGA honors the hard work of thousands of developers and highlights the next generation of games to rise above.”

We thank everyone for their participation, it has been such a good year!