Archive for the ‘Game Awards’ Category

Sticky Wins the AppCircus in Rotterdam

May 17th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Game Awards | No Comments »

Yesterday, MobileGamesBlog and friends organized the first Dutch AppCircus in Rotterdam. During the AppCircus, the jury was judging for the best app of Holland. The honors went to Sticky from Gamistry.

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Cut The Rope Wins BAFTA Award

March 17th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Game Awards | No Comments »

Great news for Zeptolab and it’s publisher Chillingo last night as the game Cut The Rope is the first iOS game to secure a BAFTA award. The game had to shake off various DS and PSP titles.

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MWC International Mobile Gaming Award Winners Announced

February 17th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Game Awards | No Comments »

The IMGA has just announced the winners of the International Mobile Game Awards. The grand prix went to long time developer FDG Entertainment and many other award have been won by long-time mobile developers as well.

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Little Sailor Wins Bada Developer Challenge

December 8th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Game Awards, Platforms: Bada | No Comments »

Samsung has announced the winners of their Bada Developer Challenge. The grand prix of $300.000 went to an app called Little Sailor from developer Komosinski.

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HandyGames Wins German Developer Award

December 3rd, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Game Awards | No Comments »

HandyGames has won the Best Mobile Game 2010 award for Anno – Creat a New World! At the German developer awards. The companies celebrate by offering the game at discount to German speaking gamers.

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Chillingo Big Winner at ME Awards

November 19th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Game Awards | No Comments »

Last night, not only the Dutch Game Awards took place. In London, a large number of developers have been lining up for Mobile Entertainment’s award show as well.

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BulkyPix Strikes Two Dutch Game Awards

November 19th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Game Awards | 2 Comments »

Last night, French developer and publisher BulkyPix managed to take home two awards at the Dutch Game Awards in Amersfoort (NL). Goodbye Galaxy Games also took home a mobile/handheld awards.

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Qualcomm Launches AR Development Contest

November 16th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Game Awards | No Comments »

The AR App and Games market is still developing and so far, only a few bright ideas have managed to become reality over the past couple of years. With a new competition, Qualcomm hopes to stimulate AR development.

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Dutch Game Awards Nominees Announced

November 2nd, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Game Awards | No Comments »

The Dutch Game Awards are coming this month and will be awarding both the best Dutch mobile games as well as the best European mobile games. Yesterday, the nominees have been announced.

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The FWA Goes Bit on Mobile Websites.. no, Apps that is!

October 20th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Game Awards | No Comments »

FWA, known for their excellent selections in the Website of the Day awards, has opened a mobile section that focuses on Mobile Websites, and more importantly, mobile apps.