Nokia reveals developer shortlist for Mobile Games Innovation Challenge
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October 2008
Nokia has announced the top 10 developers of its Mobile Games Innovation Challenge.
The winners, to be announced at an exclusive awards ceremony later this month, will take home a total prize value of EUR 70,000. The three most innovative game concepts will be offered Nokia Publishing pre-production contracts.
In addition, the first winner will be awarded EUR 40,000, the second EUR 20,000, and the third EUR 10,000 to enable further development of the chosen concept.
An independent panel of industry experts from across the globe has spent the past few weeks deliberating through over a hundred entries to come up with a shortlist of the most innovative mobile games concepts.
Entries were judged on game innovation, fun, feasibility of execution, and market potential.
The top three developers who best meet these requirements will be invited to present their concepts at the upcoming Nokia Games Summit in Rome, Italy.
"The Mobile Games Innovation Challenge has demonstrated the huge potential of this industry on a global level, and the innovation that can be applied to mobile games," said Dr Mark Ollila, director of games publishing, Nokia.
"We've seen some groundbreaking ideas and some really unique concepts. It just goes to show how many creative minds there are out there and it really looks like we're going to set out what we wanted to achieve with this Challenge - to rock the industry. Everyone's now talking about the awards ceremony and we're looking forward to an exciting outcome."
The Mobile Games Innovation Challenge, launched in April 2008, is designed to encourage the development of innovative game concepts with the power to positively disrupt the global mobile gaming industry and to help propel mobile gaming with handheld devices into a new and exciting future.
The Mobile Games Innovation Challenge, sponsored by Nokia Games Publishing, called for mobile game developers to submit concepts that will help drive mobile gaming to the next level, relying on the advanced features and functionalities of N-Gage-compatible devices, and Java- or Symbian-based Series 40 or S60 devices from Nokia.
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October 2008
Nokia has announced the top 10 developers of its Mobile Games Innovation Challenge.
The winners, to be announced at an exclusive awards ceremony later this month, will take home a total prize value of EUR 70,000. The three most innovative game concepts will be offered Nokia Publishing pre-production contracts.
In addition, the first winner will be awarded EUR 40,000, the second EUR 20,000, and the third EUR 10,000 to enable further development of the chosen concept.
An independent panel of industry experts from across the globe has spent the past few weeks deliberating through over a hundred entries to come up with a shortlist of the most innovative mobile games concepts.
Entries were judged on game innovation, fun, feasibility of execution, and market potential.
The top three developers who best meet these requirements will be invited to present their concepts at the upcoming Nokia Games Summit in Rome, Italy.
"The Mobile Games Innovation Challenge has demonstrated the huge potential of this industry on a global level, and the innovation that can be applied to mobile games," said Dr Mark Ollila, director of games publishing, Nokia.
"We've seen some groundbreaking ideas and some really unique concepts. It just goes to show how many creative minds there are out there and it really looks like we're going to set out what we wanted to achieve with this Challenge - to rock the industry. Everyone's now talking about the awards ceremony and we're looking forward to an exciting outcome."
The Mobile Games Innovation Challenge, launched in April 2008, is designed to encourage the development of innovative game concepts with the power to positively disrupt the global mobile gaming industry and to help propel mobile gaming with handheld devices into a new and exciting future.
The Mobile Games Innovation Challenge, sponsored by Nokia Games Publishing, called for mobile game developers to submit concepts that will help drive mobile gaming to the next level, relying on the advanced features and functionalities of N-Gage-compatible devices, and Java- or Symbian-based Series 40 or S60 devices from Nokia.
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Read NOKIA ARTICLES on TAXI Design Network
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