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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, March 2006 About CNET Networks Games & Entertainment The CNET Networks Games & Entertainment portfolio of award-winning Web sites -- GameSpot, MP3.com, TV.com, and Metacritic.com -- provide entertainment enthusiasts with comprehensive category specific content and unique community features through which they can meet other people with similar interests and share opinions. With GameSpot Trax, the game industry's most robust research tool, the Games & Entertainment division is also setting the bar for creating innovative business intelligence solutions. Collectively, the sites reach 30 million(1) entertainment enthusiasts worldwide each month. About CNET Networks Inc. (NASDAQ:CNET) CNET Networks is a global media company with some of the most important and valuable brands on the Web targeting passionate audiences. The company's brands -- such as CNET, GameSpot, TV.com, MP3.com, Webshots, BNET and ZDNet -- serve the technology, games and entertainment, business, and community categories. CNET Networks was founded in 1993 and has always been "a different kind of media company" creating engaging media experiences through a combination of world-class content and technology infrastructure. (1) Comscore, January 2006