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IMGA 2006 Winners Announced
Written by Justin Davis on Wednesday, February 21, 2007
The International Mobile Gaming Association (IMGA) announced today the six winners of its 2006 contest. Chosen by an international jury at 3GSM, the big winners were those titles that innovated significantly, rather than conform to traditional genre boundaries.
The complete list of winners:
Grand Prix
Triangler - TNO (Netherlands)
Best Use of Flash
Crazy Matches - IKS Mobile (Poland)
Excellence in 3D
Mega Monster - Firemint (Australia)
Best Interactive Experience
Tilt-a-World 3D - Super Happy Fun Fun (USA)
Best Use of Connectivity
Anima Wars - Anino Mobile (Philippines)
Most Innovative Game
Triangler - TNO (Netherlands)
Student Competition
Final Siege
The big winner was the mobile multiplayer, GPS-enabled Triangler, coming away with both the $15,000 Grand Prix award, and the $5,000 Most Innovative Game prize. It was developed by TNO, the largest research institute in the Netherlands, which houses over 4000 professionals in a variety of disciplines.
This year's slate of nominees and winners highlighted the emergence of social mobile games, which are often part social network, part videogame.
"15 out of the 25 finalists demonstrated a growing trend of developing social connected gaming experiences and entirely new genres, proving that the future of mobile gaming will be about connecting gamers to other gamers for a multi-dimensional mobile gaming experience," Kamar Shah, Global Head of Industry Marketing, Multimedia Experiences, Nokia said in a statement. "Congratulations to TNO who has created a new benchmark for the next twelve months in terms of innovation and gameplay."
In addition to the cash prizes, each of the winners will be supported by the IMGA's sponsors to help bring the game to market, if it is not yet commercially available.
