IMGAwards | The International Mobile Gaming Awards

previous years
2004
The first version, called the 3D Mobile Gaming Contest, was initiated by DISCREET in 2004.

The winner was the French company EXKEE with a 3D game BURT. Burt became the mascot of the IMGA.

2005
NVIDIA became the leading sponsor with Orange, Nokia and Alias. Auchan and Belle de Mai Mediapark, Marseille joined in.

The winners of the 2005 edition were:
grand prix NVIS and HIT Lab with AR Tennis
best art VAKA Technologies with 3D World Warriors
best technical achievement NVIS and HIT Lab with AR Tennis
best gameplay Paul Carruthers with Monkey Pole Climb

+ Read more about the IMGA 2005 winners

2006
For the 2006 edition, the main sponsors are: Adobe, MOVIDA, NOKIA, NVIDIA and Texas Instruments.

Auchan and Belle de Mai Mediapark, Marseille are co-sponsors.

25 nominees were announced out of the 400 plus compagnies and independent developers that entered the competition.

The winners were announced on 14th of February 2007:

TNO with TRIANGLER for the Grand Prix
TNO with TRIANGLER for the Most Innovative Game Award
Super Happy Fun Fun with 3D Til-A-World for the Best Interactive Experience Award
Firemint with Mega Monster for the Excellence in 3D Award
Anino Mobile with Anima Wars for the Best Use of Connectivity Award
IKS Mobile with Crazy Matches for theBest Use of Flash Award

+ Read more about the IMGA 2006 winners and nominees

2007
The main sponsors for that edition of the awards were ADOBE, MOVIDA and NOKIA.

Buongiorno, Belle de Mai, nVidia, Qualcomm and AMD were co-sponsors

25 nominees were announced out of the 400+ compagnies and independent developers that entered the competition.

The winners, announced the February 11th , 2008 in Barcelona, were:

Konami with METAL GEAR SOLID MOBILE for the Grand Prix
Tequila Mobile with TREASURE ARM for the Best Casual Game
Digital Legends with ONE for the Best 3D
Jadestone with DIRK DAGGER AND THE FALLEN IDOL for the Best Gameplay
LemonQuest with FURBY ISLAND for the Best IP-based
Konami with METAL GEAR SOLID MOBILE for the Operator's Choice Award
Firemint with WRC 3D for the People's Choice Award

This year's 5 categories (1):

The International Mobile Gaming Grand Prix $15,000 US *
The International Mobile Gaming Excellence in 3D Award $5,000 US *
The International Mobile Gaming Excellence in Connectivity Award $5,000 US *
The International Mobile Gaming Excellence in Game Play Award $5,000 US *
NEW: The International Mobile Gaming Best Real World Game $5,000 US *
The International Mobile Gaming Best Casual Game Award (developed in Flash, Java, etc.) $5,000 US *
* All amounts are based on the currency exchange rate of June 15, the launch date of the 5th IMGA, being 0.65 € to a 1.00 US$.

The call for entries will be launched on 16th June 2008.

The nominees will be announced in October 2008.

The winners will be announced on 18th of February 2009.

(1) To be confirmed