Announcement for the 9th IMGA winners San Francisco, April 4th - The winners of the 9th International Mobile Gaming Awards (IMGA) were announced last Thursday at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco. This year the jury included a who’s who of the mobile gaming press including Pocket Gamer, Slide To Play, 148Apps, IGN, Joystiq, TouchArcade and others from the mobile gaming industry. According to Maarten Noyons, IMGA’s founder "the 57 nominees of this 9th IMGA are a unique collection of the best games produced in 2012 and each and every one of them are worth checking out. The winners are of exceptional quality and show how mobile games have revolutionized the games industry. I am very proud that our sponsors and my team have made it possible to cross the Atlantic and create one the most memorable awards ceremony and party in our history.» The jury members have decided to reward the following games in 6 different categories and 3 special prizes: − − − − − − − − −
Excellence in Visuals: The Room (Fireproof Studios, UK) Excellence in Gameplay: Fairway Solitaire (Big Fish Games, USA) Excellence in Innovation: Spaceteam (Henry Smith, Sleeping Beast Games, USA) Best Social Game: Candy Crush Saga (King.com, UK) Best Serious Game: DragonBox+ (WeWantToKnow AS, France) Excellence in Storytelling: Walking Dead: The Game (Telltale Games, USA) Jury's Honorable Mention: Zombies, Run! and Devil's Attorney (1337 Game Design AB, Sweden) People's Choice Awards: The Room (Fireproof Studios, UK) Grand Prix: Walking Dead: The Game (Telltale Games, USA)
The Grand Prix winner (Telltale's Walking Dead: The Game) walked away with $650,000 USD worth of media coverage, offered by IMGA's Gold Sponsor ProSiebenSat.1 Games. “The team at Telltale is incredibly honored to have received this tremendous Grand Prix recognition at the IMGA Ceremony this year for our work in the mobile space,” said Dan Connors, CEO and CoFounder of Telltale Games. “Our studio has been committed to furthering and evolving great entertainment experiences through our unique approach to storytelling across all platforms and we look forward to delivering the very best games to players on mobile devices for years to come.” The Room, Fairway Solitaire, Spaceteam, Candy Crush Saga and Dragonbox+ all were awarded media packages to the tune of $150,000. The awards ceremony was presented by Maude Garrett, an Australian speaker and TV presenter from Geek Bomb. All of the guests were entertained by The Slag (the DJ of the night) and Sirqus Alfon, who performed a few spectacular shows during the event. Press / Contact Anne CHABOT Email: anne@imgawards.com Tel. +33 491 315 217 / Fax. +33 491 143 199 More information http://www.imgawards.com/ Join us today https://twitter.com/imgawards and #IMGA https://www.facebook.com/IMGAWARDS