Entries for February 2007

The prestigious International Mobile Gaming Awards have been presented. Six winners were chosen out of a total of 26 nominees from a number of countries.

The International Mobile Gaming Awards have been announced. The jury picked six winners out of 26 nominees from the US, China, Japan, Korea, the Philippines, Thailand, India, the UK, the Netherlands, France, Denmark, Spain, Poland, Sweden and Australia. The awards were presented at the crowded Fira Palace Hotel in Barcelona, in front of the press and hundreds of representatives of the industry.

TNO, the largest research institute in the Netherlands, with 4000 professionals in many disciplines, received the US $15,000 Grand Prix Award and the US$ 5,000 Most Innovative Game Award for its game Triangler, an outdoor, mobile multiplayer game using GPS . IKS Mobile from Poland walked away with the $ 5,000 Best Use of Flash Award with Crazy Matches, while the Australia based studio Firemint was awarded the $ 5,000 Excellence in 3D Award with Mega Monster. The $ 5,000 Best Interactive Experience Award was collected by SuperHappyFunFun from the USA with 3DTiltAWorld, while Anino Mobile received the $ 5,000 Best Use of Connectivity Award with the multiplayer game Anima Wars.

In DEEP™ players immerse into a world of a remote water planet with exotic submarine life forms. In service of the Colonial Navy the player makes his or her way underwater with various tasks like exploitation of resources and production of new goods but also military missions. While exploring the vivid and fascinating underwater world in a high-tech submarine the player will meet other parties with different interests on the water planet. The ongoing conflicts between the Colonial Navy, rebels, pirates and a mysterious marine species will pull the gamer between the lines.

Hands-On Mobile, a leading global publisher of personalization products, mobile games and applications, today announced it has launched ActionScreens 3D(TM) in partnership with Emdigo(R), the innovative provider of next generation mobile media content and technology. This new product allows users to customize their phones with fully animated and interactive 3D characters. The launch has proven to be a great success with over 150,000 applications downloaded on Verizon Wireless alone since mid-December.

ActionScreens 3D characters have multiple idle and action animations, profiles and unique 2D/3D backgrounds. Currently, 35 characters are available for download including Marvel(R) Super Heroes such as Spider-Man(TM), The Incredible Hulk(R), Ghost Rider(TM) and more! Consumers can collect all their favorite characters and will automatically receive fresh, new content regularly as new characters and collections are launched.