CNET Networks Games & Entertainment is proud to announce the winners for our Third Annual Mobile Entertainment Awards, better known as the Mobies. The Mobies are the industry's only awards recognizing excellence in mobile entertainment innovation, design, and technical achievement. Awards were presented in eight categories, with the highest honor, the 2005 Mobile Game of the Year, awarded to Jamdat's DOOM RPG.
In addition to the game awards, the new Mobile Entertainment Trailblazer award was added to the 2005 Mobies, recognizing companies for outstanding innovation in mobile entertainment. By providing compelling third-screen entertainment offerings from games, music, and video to access to live events and exclusive content, each winning company is driving consumer demand for mobile entertainment.
Congratulations to each of the following winners!
Publisher: Jamdat
Developer: Fountainhead
Just when you thought the gates of hell were sealed once and for all, they get re-opened on your cell phone. Doom RPG brings the demons--and you-- back to Mars for the fight of your life.
Publisher: Sony Mobile
Developer: Handheld Games
Platform fans got their action fix when the long-time favorites Ratchet and Clank made their mark by going mobile for the first time ever.
Publisher: Jamdat
Developer: Fountainhead
Just when you thought the gates of hell were sealed once and for all, they get re-opened on your cell phone. Doom RPG brings the demons--and you-- back to Mars for the fight of your life.
Publisher: Digital Chocolate
Developer: Digital Chocolate
A brilliant combination of two of America's favorite pastimes, WordKing Poker serves up the challenge of Scrabble with the thrill of poker to result in an extremely addictive mobile game.
Publisher: Digital Chocolate
Developer: Digital Chocolate
Stacking blocks to build a city may sound basic, but when hours of your day suddenly disappear, you'll realize this clever puzzler is anything but child's play.
Publisher: Gameloft
Developer: Gameloft
Shred at top speed. Catch massive air. Rinse, repeat. Gameloft's Massive Snowboarding strikes the right balance between the need for speed and the need to go big. The result? An engrossing and highly addictive sports title.
Publisher: Glu
Developer: Glu
Sure you've conquered the world a dozen times over, but have you done it on your phone? Ancient Empires II is world conquest for those on the go. A strategy game that's as good-looking as it is engrossing.
From developing the first fully-integrated mobile virtual network for youths to broadcasting North America's first live event, Ultimate Fighting Championship, on mobile phones, Amp'd Mobile has proven itself to be a company to watch in the field of mobile entertainment.
MobiTV started 2005 by launching live TV on Cingular and ended the year by broadcasting a Bon Jovi concert to Sprint phones. And in between they unveiled television event after television event, which is why MobiTV is a Mobile Entertainment Trailblazer.
Their game lobby reached the milestone of 500,000 members by mid-year. They also launched the first instant over-the-air music download service in the U.S. Little wonder, the Trailblazer award goes to Sprint Nextel.
Whether it was launching V-CAST, the nation's first third-generation wireless, multimedia service, or whether it was offering the first real-time multiplayer mobile game, Verizon has certainly earned its place as a Mobile Entertainment Trailblazer.
