In amongst fellows winners such as Microsoft, Epic and Crytek, Rovio took home two honours at this year's Develop Industry Excellence Awards in Brighton.
The Finnish developer made famous for the 250 million downloads of Angry Birds was named as best handheld studio, and also bagged the awards' Grand Prix trophy.
Mobile might?
Though 19 developers or tools providers will a mobile focus picked up nominations back in May, Rovio was the only real mobile winner of the night.
Mojang Specifications of Minecraft fame, however, managed to bag three awards in all.
Minecraft has already been confirmed for both iPhone and iPad, while an Android version designed for Xperia Play - is also in the works.
Epic's Unreal Engine 3 was also named as best engine at the event, with the platform having gained significant traction on iOS of late.
[source: Develop]
News
With a fine eye for detail, Keith Andrew is fuelled by strong coffee, Kylie Minogue and the shapely curve of a san serif font.
Top Stories
News
May 3rd, 2024
Week in Views - Apple back themselves bigstyle, Clash bags Haaland and dreams come true at King
News
May 3rd, 2024
Mobile Movers: All the latest appointments and job moves from around the industry
News
May 3rd, 2024
Week in Views - Apple back themselves bigstyle, Clash bags Haaland and dreams come true at King
News
May 3rd, 2024
Mobile Movers: All the latest appointments and job moves from around the industry
Events
GameDev Atlantic 2024 | May 4th | |
LA Games Conference 2024 | North America | May 6th |
Mobidictum Meetup Berlin May 2024 | Europe | May 7th |
Valencia Indie Summit 2024 | Europe | May 16th |
Mobidictum Meetup Tallinn May 2024 | Europe | May 21st |
Israel Mobile Summit 2024 | Middle East | Jun 6th |
WN Conference Istanbul 2024 | Jun 11th | |
DevGAMM Vilnius 2024 | Europe | Jun 14th |