IGF Mobile Finalists Announced

While iPhone gaming is in it’s infancy, that doesn’t mean it hasn’t taken the world by storm.  The 2nd Annual Independent Games Festival has just announced it’s nominations for this year’s awards for excellence in mobile gaming, and far and away iPhone games make up an overwhelming majority of nominations.  Of the five nominations for mobile game of the year, three are iPhone exclusives.  Here’s the full list of awards and nominations:

IGF Mobile Best Game:
* Cubic Republic (IKS Mobile) – Flash Lite
* Smiles (Sykhronics Entertainment) – iPhone/iPod touch
* Fieldrunners (Subatomic Studios) – iPhone/iPod touch
* Edge (Mobigame) – iPhone/iPod touch
* Wardive (And-or) – Nintendo DS

Innovation in Mobile Game Design:
* Wardive (And-or) – Nintendo DS
* Galcon (Hassey Enterprises) – iPhone/iPod touch
* Eliss (Steph Thirion) – iPhone/iPod touch

Achievement in Art:
* Fieldrunners (Subatomic Studios) – iPhone/iPod touch
* Dizzy Bee (Igloo Games) – iPhone/iPod touch
* Ruben & Lullaby (Song New Creative) – iPhone/iPod touch

Technical Achievement:
* Football Tycoon (Dynamo Games) – Java
* Real Racing (Firemint) – iPhone/iPod touch
* Wardive (And-or) – Nintendo DS

Audio Achievement:
* Radio Flare (Studio Radiolaris) – iPhone/iPod touch
* Zen Bound (Secret Exit) – iPhone/iPod touch
* Edge (Mobigame) – iPhone/iPod touch

Best iPhone Game — Presented by ngmoco:
* Edge (Mobigame) – iPhone/iPod touch
* Dizzy Bee (Igloo Games) – iPhone/iPod touch
* Fieldrunners (Subatomic Studios) – iPhone/iPod touch
* Zen Bound (Secret Exit) – iPhone/iPod touch
* Frenzic (The Iconfactory) – iPhone/iPod touch

The winners will be announced on March 24th 2009, with a special ceremony on March 25th to present the winners with their share of the $30,000 prize money. If you want to check out the nominees first hand, all titles will be on display at this years Game Developer’s Conference in San Fransisco March 23rd-27th.

To learn more visit igfmobile.com.

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