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Here are your winners of the International Mobile Gaming Awards Southeast Asia 2017

Postknight by Malaysian developers Kurechii has won the Grand Prix for the 2nd International Mobile Gaming Awards Southeast Asia (IMGA SEA), which took place on Friday night (Oct 13).  The Awards Ceremony followed the inaugural SEA Summit, organised by IMGA and Eliphant, ahead of rest of GameStart Asia this weekend.

It’s a great list of some really amazing mobile games from around the region, and I must say that many of them are worthy winners. If you’re looking for a new mobile game, you can’t go wrong trying some of these out.

Here are your 13 winners, out of a shortlist of 65 nominees from around the region:

(Note: Links below are for the mobile versions of the games)

Grand Prix: Postknight, Kurechii, Malaysia [iOS / Android]

People’s Choice Award: Valiant Force, XII Braves, Singapore [iOS / Android]

Jury’s Honorable Mention: Mayari, Ingenuity Games, Philippines [iOS / Android]

Best Multiplayer Game: TORIKO: Puzzle PVP, GameHappy Labs, Singapore [iOS / Android]

Best Quickplay Game: Desert Island Fishing, Springloaded Ltd., Singapore [iOS / Android]

Excellence in Gameplay: Alien Path, Appxplore Sdn Bhd, Malaysia [iOS / Android]

Best Meaningful Play: 陽春白雪(Lyrica), 阿諾瓦工作室(RNOVA Studio), Taiwan [Coming soon]

Excellence in Storytelling: Simulacra, Kaigan Games, Malaysia [Coming soon]

Best Technical Achievement: DEAD TARGET VR: Zombie Intensified, VNG Game Studios, Vietnam [Android]

Excellence in Visual Art and Design: Cat Quest, The Gentlebros, Singapore [iOS / Android]

Guilty Pleasure: Flippy Bottle Extreme!, Most Played Games, Philippines [iOS / Android]

 Best Upcoming Game: Kings Play, Mintsphere, Indonesia [Android]

Excellence in Art: OPUS: Rocket of Whispers, SIGONO Inc., Taiwan [iOS / Android]

Said one jury member of the 2nd IMGA SEA: “Generally speaking we are happy to see important improvements in the quality of games created in Southeast Asia and we are hoping to see and award real innovation from the region in the future. The winning games achieved a high level of polish and we expect that to be a standard for games that are released be it from big or small teams. This can avoid early failure in the marketplace, build success and win awards!”

Held before GameStart 2017, the 2nd IMGA SEA ceremony was presented by Jessie Wang (MyGamez) at Pixel Building.

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