CNET Networks Games & Entertainment Announces Winners of Its Third Annual Mobile Entertainment Awards; Announced at CTIA WIRELESS 2006; Doom RPG Wins 2005 Mobile Game of the Year.SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden -- CNET (body) CNET - Centre national d'Etudes des Telecommunications. The French national telecommunications research centre at Lannion. Networks Games & Entertainment, which includes GameSpot GameSpot video gaming website that provides news, reviews, previews, downloads, and other information. The site was launched in May 1996 by Pete Deemer, Vince Broady, and Jon Epstein. , MP3.com, and TV.com This article is about the current form of the service. For the predecessor to this website (before 2005), see TV Tome. TV.com is a website owned by CNET Networks. The service replaced the popular TV Tome website. , today announced the winners of the Third Annual Mobile Entertainment Awards, also known as the 2005 Mobies. Winners were announced at the CTIA (1) See CompTIA. (2) (Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association, Washington, DC, www.ctia.org, www.wow-com.com) A membership organization founded in 1984 that is involved with regulatory and public affairs issues in the wireless industry. WIRELESS 2006 conference in Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. , the premier global event for all things wireless. The Mobies, chosen by a panel of CNET Networks editorial experts, are the industry's only awards recognizing excellence in mobile entertainment innovation, design, and technical achievement. Awards were given in eight categories, with the highest honor As a verb, to accept a bill of exchange, or to pay a note, check, or accepted bill, at maturity. To pay or to accept and pay, or, where a credit so engages, to purchase or discount a draft complying with the terms of the draft. , the 2005 Mobile Game of the Year, awarded to Jamdat Mobile for Doom RPG Doom RPG is a mobile phone game developed by Fountainhead Entertainment. It combines the Doom first-person shooter franchise with role-playing elements. The storyline incorporates many of the events of Doom 3, but involves different characters than those in the . While seven of the categories focus on games, a new category this year, the Mobile Entertainment Trailblazer award, recognizes companies for outstanding innovation in mobile entertainment. By expanding the categories, the awards program reflects consumers' growing desire to incorporate not only games, but also music and video into their mobile lifestyle. The Mobies provide best-of-breed The best product of its type. Organizations often purchase software from different vendors in order to obtain the best-of-breed for each application area; for example, a human resources package from one vendor and an accounting package from another. buying recommendations in one of the fastest growing segment of the game industry. Analysts are forecasting that mobile phone content, including music, gaming, and video, will reach $43 billion worldwide by 2010, up from $5.2 billion in 2004(a). "The Mobies have become an excellent indicator of the latest trends in mobile entertainment and specifically the gameplay
Gameplay includes all player experiences during the interaction with game systems, especially formal games. Proper use is coupled with reference to "what the player does". experiences that enhance consumers' on-the-go lifestyle," said Robert Mesirow, vice president and show director for CTIA WIRELESS 2006. "The Mobies always create a lot of buzz and excitement at CTIA WIRELESS, and this year's winners really raise the bar. We congratulate the winners on their innovation and contribution to the wireless lifestyle." "Doom RPG is a model for the mobile entertainment industry, as it successfully bridges the gap between traditional PC and console games
A console game is a form of interactive multimedia used for entertainment. and the emerging mobile platform to create an entirely new experience," said Vince Broady, senior vice president of CNET Networks Games & Entertainment. "As the industry continues to grow in popularity and influence, Doom RPG publisher Jamdat -- as well as all the other Mobies finalists and winners -- are setting the standards against which future mobile entertainment offerings will be judged." Following is a list of winners in each category:
MOBILE GAME AWARDS PUBLISHER DEVELOPER
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Mobile Game of the Year
Doom RPG Jamdat Mobile Fountainhead
Best Action Game
Ratchet & Clank: Going Mobile Sony Pictures Sony Pictures
Digital Digital
Best Adventure/Role-playing
Game
Doom RPG Jamdat Mobile Fountainhead
Best Board/Card Game
WordKing Poker Digital Chocolate Digital Chocolate
Best Puzzle Game
Tower Bloxx Digital Chocolate Digital Chocolate
Best Sports Game
Massive Snowboarding Gameloft Gameloft
Best Strategy Game
Ancient Empires II Glu Mobile Glu Mobile
SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT
AWARDS
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Mobile Entertainment
Trailblazers:
Amp'd Mobile
MobiTV
Sprint Nextel
Verizon Wireless
A detailed summary of the Mobie Awards, including the 2005 winners and finalists, is available at: www.gamespot.com/2006/mobies/index.html. (a) From iSuppli Corp, March 2006 About CNET Networks Games & Entertainment The CNET Networks Games & Entertainment portfolio of award-winning Web sites -- GameSpot, MP3.com, TV.com, and Metacritic.com -- provide entertainment enthusiasts with comprehensive category specific content and unique community features through which they can meet other people with similar interests and share opinions. With GameSpot Trax, the game industry's most robust research tool, the Games & Entertainment division is also setting the bar for creating innovative business intelligence solutions. Collectively, the sites reach 30 million(1) entertainment enthusiasts worldwide each month. About CNET Networks Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :CNET) CNET Networks is a global media company with some of the most important and valuable brands on the Web targeting passionate audiences. The company's brands -- such as CNET, GameSpot, TV.com, MP3.com, Webshots, BNET BNET Battle.net (Blizzard Entertainment) bnet Bungie.net BNET Bentley Intranet BNET Billy Noguera Entertainment Group Inc. BNET Britain-Nigeria Educational Trust and ZDNet -- serve the technology, games and entertainment, business, and community categories. CNET Networks was founded in 1993 and has always been "a different kind of media company" creating engaging media experiences through a combination of world-class content and technology infrastructure. (1) Comscore, January 2006 |
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