30 mobile game finalists whittled down from entries of a record 500.
The nominees for the International Mobile Gaming Awards 8th annual ceremony have been revealed. Developers from around the world entered their games by the hundreds, which were knocked down to just 30 finalists across six categories.
Winners will be announced at the awards event on Thursday, March 1st at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
The public can vote for the winner of the People's Choice Awards by clicking here.
The 30 nominees are:
Best Casual Game
* CreaVures, Muse Games, US
* HECTOR Episodes 1-3, Telltale Games, US
* Jetpack Joyride, Halfbrick, Australia
* Sprinkle, Mediocre AB, Sweden
* The Blocks Cometh, Halfbot, Canada
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Best Real World Game
* CityRace, Cityrace.me, Poland
* FLATMATES, Flaregames, Germany
* Meatspace Invasion, C4MProd, France
* NBA: King of the Court, Ogemnto, US
* Shadow Cities, Grey Area, Finland
Best Sports Game
* Bike Baron, Mountain Sheep, Inc. (Finland) and Qwiboo (UK)
* Flick Tennis: College Wars, Rolocule Games, India
* Sports Car Challenge, Fish Labs, Germany
* Touchgrind BMX, Illusion Labs AB, Sweden
* Trial Xtreme 2, Deemedya M.S. LTD, Israel
Best Mobile Social Game
* Charadium II, On5, Lithuania
* Funpark Friends, Tagplay, UK
* Poker Pals, Aspyr Media, Inc, US
* SpellCraft School of Magic, Appy Entertainment, US
* The Pirate King, Bulkypix, France
Excellence In Gameplay
* Battleheart, Mika Mobile Inc, US
* Contre Jour HD, Mokus Games LLP, Ukraine
* Death Rally, Remedy Entertainment, Finland
* DrawRace 2 HD, RedLynx, Finland
* Infinity Blade II, Chair Entertainment, US
Most Innovative Game
* Forever Drive, Tak Fung, UK
* Kodo, Fabrication Games, Sweden
* KuraKuraMaze, Yoshimi Kurihara, Japan
* Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP, Capy, Canada
* WildChords, Ovelin, Finland
Maarten Noyons, CEO and Founder of the IMGA, said: "We have had an unprecedented response for this year’s awards. 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 8th 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.”
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