CNET Networks Games & Entertainment Announces Winners of Its Third Annual Mobile Entertainment Awards; Announced at CTIA WIRELE
April 06 2006 - 8:30AM
Business Wire
CNET Networks Games & Entertainment, which includes GameSpot,
MP3.com, and TV.com, today announced the winners of the Third
Annual Mobile Entertainment Awards, also known as the 2005 Mobies.
Winners were announced at the CTIA WIRELESS 2006 conference in Las
Vegas, the premier global event for all things wireless. The
Mobies, chosen by a panel of CNET Networks editorial experts, are
the industry's only awards recognizing excellence in mobile
entertainment innovation, design, and technical achievement. Awards
were given in eight categories, with the highest honor, the 2005
Mobile Game of the Year, awarded to Jamdat Mobile for Doom RPG.
While seven of the categories focus on games, a new category this
year, the Mobile Entertainment Trailblazer award, recognizes
companies for outstanding innovation in mobile entertainment. By
expanding the categories, the awards program reflects consumers'
growing desire to incorporate not only games, but also music and
video into their mobile lifestyle. The Mobies provide best-of-breed
buying recommendations in one of the fastest growing segment of the
game industry. Analysts are forecasting that mobile phone content,
including music, gaming, and video, will reach $43 billion
worldwide by 2010, up from $5.2 billion in 2004(a). "The Mobies
have become an excellent indicator of the latest trends in mobile
entertainment and specifically the gameplay experiences that
enhance consumers' on-the-go lifestyle," said Robert Mesirow, vice
president and show director for CTIA WIRELESS 2006. "The Mobies
always create a lot of buzz and excitement at CTIA WIRELESS, and
this year's winners really raise the bar. We congratulate the
winners on their innovation and contribution to the wireless
lifestyle." "Doom RPG is a model for the mobile entertainment
industry, as it successfully bridges the gap between traditional PC
and console games and the emerging mobile platform to create an
entirely new experience," said Vince Broady, senior vice president
of CNET Networks Games & Entertainment. "As the industry
continues to grow in popularity and influence, Doom RPG publisher
Jamdat -- as well as all the other Mobies finalists and winners --
are setting the standards against which future mobile entertainment
offerings will be judged." Following is a list of winners in each
category: -0- *T MOBILE GAME AWARDS PUBLISHER DEVELOPER
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Mobile Game of the Year Doom RPG Jamdat Mobile Fountainhead Best
Action Game Ratchet & Clank: Going Mobile Sony Pictures Sony
Pictures Digital Digital Best Adventure/Role-playing Game Doom RPG
Jamdat Mobile Fountainhead Best Board/Card Game WordKing Poker
Digital Chocolate Digital Chocolate Best Puzzle Game Tower Bloxx
Digital Chocolate Digital Chocolate Best Sports Game Massive
Snowboarding Gameloft Gameloft Best Strategy Game Ancient Empires
II Glu Mobile Glu Mobile SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS
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Mobile Entertainment Trailblazers: Amp'd Mobile MobiTV Sprint
Nextel Verizon Wireless *T A detailed summary of the Mobie Awards,
including the 2005 winners and finalists, is available at:
www.gamespot.com/2006/mobies/index.html. (a) From iSuppli Corp,
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