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^{IMGA shells out USD 40,000 prize money} Triangler plays itself into the winning position

The Jury of the International Mobile Gaming Awards has picked 6 winners out of the 26 nominees from the US, China, Japan, Korea, the Philippines, Thailand, India, the UK, the Netherlands, France, Denmark, Spain, Poland, Sweden and Australia.

The 2006 edition presented a new breed of games never presented before: outdoor, location based gaming, high-end 3D, Massive Multiplayer Mobile Games, Mobile-to-PC and Mobile-to-TV games and games using all the features of the new generation of mobile devices: including connectivity, camera and microphone.

These avant-garde games that are paving the way for tomorrow’s mobile entertainment were brought to the spotlight in a crowded Fira Palace Hotel, in front of the press and hundreds of representatives of the industry during the 3GSM World.

TNO, the largest research institute in the Netherlands, with 4000 professionals in many disciplines, received the USD 15,000 Grand Prix Award and the USD 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 USD 5,000 Best Use of Flash Award with Crazy Matches, while the Australia based studio Firemint was awarded the USD 5,000 Excellence in 3D Award with Mega Monster.

The USD 5,000 Best Interactive Experience Award was collected by SuperHappyFunFun from the USA with 3DTiltAWorld and Anino Mobile received the USD 5,000 Best Use of Connectivity Award with the multiplayer game Anima Wars.

In addition to the prizes, each of the winners will be supported by the coalition of IMGA sponsors Adobe, Movida, Nokia, Nvidia, Orange, Texas Instruments and co-sponsors Auchan Télécom, Belle-de-Mai Media Park Marseille and Vivendi Games Mobile to bring their games to market.

“Receiving the Grand Prix of the prestigious IMG Awards is a great honor for us and being recognized for most innovative game is important for TNO, whose core business is innovation.” Said Victor Klos of TNO “ The prize will help us to further develop Triangler and Triangler technology and is a stimulus for our mobile gaming ongoing research”.

25 nominees of the IMGA Open Competition

Best Use of Flash
Street Duel by Mobitween from France
Time Noodle by Comic Factory from Japon
KooZac by Ben Cusack from United Kingdom
Crazy Matches by IKS Mobile from Poland
Synchro by Sai Chung Tam from China

Excellence in 3D
Blades & Magic by Fishlabs from Denmark
Bruce Lee by Indiagames from India
Mega Monster by Firemint from Australia
Drakulin by RTZ Interactive from Spain
Raging Thunder by Polarbit AB from Sweden

Best Interactive Experience
TornadoMania! by DigitalChocolatefrom the USA
RollercoasterRush by DigitalChocolatefrom the USA
Lament Island by Sim Life from China
3D TiltaWorld by SuperHappyFunFunfrom the USA
Dance Arena by Flamix Co Ltdfrom Thailand

Best Use of Connectivity
IMO(I on Mobile Online) by Com2Usfrom South Korea
Neopets Mobile by In-Fusio from France
goSupermodel by Watagame from Denmark
PuzzleBobbleOnLine! by Taito Corp. from Japan
Anima Wars byAnino Mobile from the Philippines

Most Innovative Game
Sketcher by Zio Interactive from South Korea
Wireless West by Zinkia Entert from Spain
SIL by Fathammer from United Kingdom
Triangler by TNO from The Netherlands
Dance Star by Lanetro Zed from Spain

Grand Prix
Triangular

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