IMGA Kicks Off the Sixth Edition of Its Competition

The International Mobile Gaming Awards recently announced the launch of the sixth edition of its competition. The new edition builds upon the success of the previous five ones, and is expected to be the place where innovations, exceptional quality and trends in mobile entertainment are showcased. No matter whether the solutions are developed for N-Gage, iPhone, Flash, Android, Microsoft, Java, Linux, BREW or other platforms.

Game developers can already submit their titles online on IMGA's website, so as to participate in a competition where top studios and individual developers from all around the globe meet. Those who would like to participate can submit their entries until January 18, 2010, while the awards are to be handed at the GSMA’s Mobile World Congress.

IMGA is set to award games in the following categories:
The International Mobile Gaming Excellence in Design,
The International Mobile Gaming Excellence in Connectivity Award,
The International Mobile Gaming Excellence in Game Play Award,
The International Mobile Gaming Best Real World Game,
The International Mobile Gaming Best Casual Game Award,
and they will also be accompanied by awards in:
The International Mobile Gaming Grand Prix,
The International Mobile Gaming Operators’ Choice Award,
The International Mobile Gaming People’s Choice Award.

IMGA will only take into consideration the newest game titles on the market. Solutions published after September 1, 2009 are eligible for participation, and the most exciting and innovative will receive awards. Moreover, developers with concepts and demos for games can also participate in the competition, in the event they can deliver a playable demo or a finished game before February 8, 2010 is here.

One of the judges for the 6th IMGA will be NAVTEQ, which will also hand the “Best Real World Game” award at MWC. “Last year’s launch of the new category Real World Games was clearly a success and will be continued. We think that these games have a great future. We expect many innovators to enter amazing games and demos in this category. Our collaboration with NAVTEQ and their Global LBS Challenge will help us increase the number of entrants in this category,” IMGA stated. More details can be found here.