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DEVICE 6, Limbo, and Republique dominate 10th IMG Awards nominations

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DEVICE 6, Limbo, and Republique dominate 10th IMG Awards nominations
By , US Correspondent

After a marathon 48-hour judging session in Marseille, the nominees for the 10th annual International Mobile Gaming Awards have been unveiled to the world.

In homage to the 10th anniversary theme, judges picked 10 different categories to funnel nominated games into.

The judging panel - which includes a mixture of press and industry experts - will convene again once more in San Francisco to pick the winners of each category and nominate their pick for game of the year.

The game is on

Without further ado, here are the nominees for each of the ten categories. To find out more about the IMG Awards, you can visit its official site.

Excellence in Art Design

  • Badland (Frogmind)
  • Limbo (Playdead)
  • The Wolf Among Us (Telltale Inc.)
  • Year Walk (Simogo)
  • Icycle: On Thin Ice (Damp Gnat Games)
  • Incredipede (Northway Games)
  • Sine Mora (Digital Reality)

Excellence in Sound Design

  • Papa Sangre II (Somethin’ Else)
  • Republique (Camouflaj)
  • DEVICE 6 (Simogo)
  • Detective Grimoire (SFB Games)
  • Limbo (Playdead)
  • The Room 2 (Fireproof Games)
  • Dropchord (Double Fine)
  • Poker Night 2 (Telltale Games)

Excellence in Gameplay

  • Rymdkapsel (Grapefrukt)
  • Ridiculous Fishing (Vlambeer)
  • XCOM: Enemy Unknown (Firaxis)
  • Limbo (Playdead)
  • Plants vs. Zombies 2 (Pop Cap)
  • Tiny Thief (Tigerface Games)
  • Oceanhorn (Cornfox & Bros.)

Excellence in Storytelling

  • The Wolf Among Us (Telltale Inc.)
  • Republique (Camouflaj)
  • DEVICE 6 (Simogo)
  • Walking Dead: The Game - Season 2 (Telltale Inc.)
  • Year Walk (Simogo)
  • Detective Grimoire (SFB Games)
  • Blackbar (Neven Mrgan & James Moore)

Excellence in Innovation

  • DEVICE 6 (Simogo)
  • Blek (Kunabi Brother)
  • Republique (Camouflaj)
  • Blackbar (Neven Mrgan & James Moore)
  • Luxuria Superbia (Tale of Tales)
  • Clumsy Ninja (NaturalMotion)
  • Crabitron: Giant Space Crab Simulation (Two Lives Left)

Best Shared Experience

  • QuizUp (Plain Vanilla)
  • Heads Up (Warner Bros.)
  • Haunted Hollow (2K Games)
  • Sushi Scramble (Tigerface Games)
  • Fates Forever (Hammer & Chisel)
  • Gentlemen! (Lucky Frame)
  • You don't know Jack Party (Jackbox Games)

Best Technical Achievement

  • Infinity Blade III (Epic Games)
  • Real Racing (EA)
  • Republique (Camouflaj)
  • Dead Trigger 2 (MADFINGER Games)
  • Clumsy Ninja (NaturalMotion)
  • Call of Duty: Strike Team (Activision)
  • Deus Ex: The Fall (Square Enix)

Best Serious Game

  • Type: Rider (Ex Nihilo-Arte)
  • Artistico - The Game for Art Lovers (Play Art Labs)
  • Cosmic Reactor Math (Fingerprint)
  • Sushi Scramble (Tigerface Games)
  • Toca Builders (Toca Boca AB)

Best Quickplay Game

  • Dots: A Game About Connecting (Betaworks One)
  • Mr. Crab (Illusion Labs)
  • Fish out of Water (Halfbrick Sutdios)
  • Temple Run 2 (Imangi Studios)
  • Cut the Rope 2 (ZeptoLab)
  • Pivvot (Whitaker Trebella)
  • Joe Danger Infinity (Hello Games)
  • Strate (Graveck)
  • Zorbie (The Game Atelier)
  • Colossatron (Halfbrick Studios)

Best Upcoming Game

  • Framed (Loveshack Entertainment)
  • Royal Revolt II (Flaregames)
  • First Strike (Blindflug Studios)
  • Robonauts (Qubicgames)
  • Roll Back Home (Dawn of Play)
  • Prismatica (Loomus Gaming Studio)
  • Find the Line (Stigol)
  • Tako's Japanese (Tentacula Studios)

Matthew Diener
Matthew Diener
US Correspondent

Representing the former colonies, Matt keeps the Pocket Gamer news feed updated when sleepy Europeans are sleeping. As a frustrated journalist, diehard gamer and recovering MMO addict, this is pretty much his dream job.