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Clash Royale, Galaxy of Heroes and Alphabear in the running for first Google Play Awards

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Clash Royale, Galaxy of Heroes and Alphabear in the running for first Google Play Awards

Building on ongoing discovery improvements on Google Play - such as the Indie Showcase - Google has announced the Google Play Awards.

Part of its annual Google I/O conference in San Francisco on 18-20 May - and highlighted in a dedicated collection on Google Play - it spans five nominees across 10 award categories, including Best Game.

Nominated in the category are:

  • Alphabear (Spry Fox) - also nominated as Standout Indie,
  • Clash of Kings (Elex),
  • Clash Royale (Supercell),
  • MARVEL Future Fight (Netmarble), and
  • Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes (EA Mobile)

The other 9 categories are:

  • Standout Stantup
  • Standout Indie
  • Best Families App
  • Best Use of Material Design
  • Best Use of Google Play Services
  • Early Adopter
  • Go Global
  • Most Innovative
  • Best App

The winners will be announced on stage on 19 May at 7pm PDT, also via the conference live stream.

Contributing Editor

A Pocket Gamer co-founder, Jon is Contributing Editor at PG.biz which means he acts like a slightly confused uncle who's forgotten where he's left his glasses. As well as letters and cameras, he likes imaginary numbers and legumes.