The International Mobile Gaming Awards (www.imgawards.com) is opening its sixth edition.

In six years the competition has become the Mobile Entertainment Industry’s leading showcase for groundbreaking innovations, exceptional quality and new trends in mobile entertainment, whether made for N-Gage, iPhone, Flash, Android, Microsoft, Java, Linux, BREW, or any other platform.

Developers can submit their games on line NOW at www.imgawards.com and compete in an international arena with top studios and individual developers from all over the world. Awards will be given out 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

The following awards will also be presented:

• The International Mobile Gaming Grand Prix
• The International Mobile Gaming Operators’ Choice Award
• The International Mobile Gaming People’s Choice Award

Deadline for entries is 18 January 2010. The IMGA recognises the newest, the most exciting and the most innovative games so only those games published after 1 September 2009 are eligible. Concepts and demos for games are also eligible if the entrants can provide a playable demo or a finished game before February 8 2010 in time for the second judging round.

The awards will be handed out at the Mobile World Congress and will be an important part of the newly launched App Planet, a new event at the Congress.

IMGA Timeline:

• October 16 2009 Launch of the 6th IMGA,
• January 18 2010 Deadline of “ call for entries“
• January 22 2010 1st Judging session in Marseille, France.
• January 24 2010 Announcement of Nominees
• February 8 2010 Deadline for playable demos and games
• February 14 2010 Final Judging Session in Barcelona, Spain
• February 17 2010 Awards Ceremony in Mobile World Congress,Barcelona,

In the last six years the IMGA has reviewed over 1,200 games originating from over 52 countries including the USA, Ukraine, Israel, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, China, the Czech Republic, Brazil and Belgium. Participants include PhD students, researchers, artists, individual developers and the top 10 leading mobile games publishers and developers in the world. The IMGA is now considered to be one of the most important competitions in the Mobile Entertainment Industry. The IMGA’s mission is to reward and recognize the best innovators and the most creative developers of mobile games in the world.

The IMGA is expected to announce their sponsors and other partners for this year before the end of the year.

About App Planet

http://www.mobileworldcongress.com/exhibition/app_planet.htm

About NAVTEQ and the LBS Challenge

http://www.LBSChallenge.com