Annual Report 8th IMGA

8 th International Mobile Gaming Awards

ANNUAL REPORT

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WELCOME Five months have passed since the 8th International Mobile Gaming Awards ended with our Awards Ceremony and Summit at the Mobile World Congress.

The mobile games industry has grown to become an extremely dynamic and fast paced environment. With the clear dominance of the iOS platform and a fiercely criticized, yet far more open, Android platform, there’s never a dull moment in the space that is still seeking to define itself.

Development budgets are growing to the height of console games and a new era of cross platform gaming is starting with the growth of tablets and smart TV’s.

Two important observations have motivated me to make a big new step in my career.

Publishing In order to allow consumers to discover the right games, a new kind of publisher needs to emerge. This Publisher 2.0. needs to be able to understand, master and integrate all SNS, analytics and monetization services currently available in the market while keeping the focus on it’s users.

Facebook, Twitter and Youtube API’s allow publishers to grow a sustainable community around their games. Analytics and fair virtual goods trading can contribute to this.

With these technologies, publishers can become like a TV channel, providing the right programming of games for its audiences.

Good games I have been saying since 2004 that there were not enough innovative games. Games that are bringing something new to the platform. Too many studios are inspired by the current success stories and not enough studios are taking the risk of innovation and vision.

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In June of this year I signed a joint venture agreement with MTI (www.mti.jp) which allows me to set up Playground Publishing, a new publisher of innovative mobile and cross platform games. Instead of consulting and talking about mobile games development and publishing, I will be taking the risk of development and publishing myself.

For the IMGA this means that I have to step back from the operational side of things, but I will make sure that the IMGA will continue to grow as the largest independent competition for mobile games. Playground Publishing will contribute financially to this growth as a Gold Sponsor.

I am currently in the process of handing over the keys to a new team and everything looks extremely positive for the 9th and 10th editions.

Stay tuned for further developments and contact me directly if you are interested in more information about the 9th IMGA or Playground Publishing.

Looking forward to seeing you in February for the 9th IMGA,

Maarten Noyons Maarten@plgnd.com

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MARKETING AND PROMOTION As the number of games released keeps growing, exposure and discoverability is crucial to their success in reaching the public. This year we worked with a great team of media partners to secure maximum visibility for the IMGA’s entrants and sponsors, and consolidate the IMGA’s position as the world’s number one award for mobile games.

Social media presence The IMGA developed its profile in the community of mobile gamers, with a growing presence on social networks (Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin).

Media partners Our network of media partners contributed to creating the buzz around the IMGA. This year, they were : • Pocket Gamer • 148Apps • Softpedia • Biskero.org • Games Press The IMGA contracted a partnership with specialist media company Appency, the global leader in mobile application marketing, who provided PR and media support throughout the campaign.

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SPONSORS For the first time this year, the participation of the IMGA’s Platinum sponsor ProSiebenSat.1 Games, a leading international publisher, allowed us to offer an unprecedented package of media exposures for the winning games, worth a million euros in total. The media packages included editorial coverage on ProsiebenSat.1’s online platforms (www.prosiebengames.de, www.sat1spiele.de, www.kabeleins.de) and the opportunity to promote the winning game via its television channels (such as ProSieben, Sat.1 and others) in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

PLATINUM sponsor

Gold sponsors

SILVER sponsors

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ABOUT THE ENTRANTS This year a total of 437 games were submitted, with entrants coming from 45 different countries.

Platforms

IOS

Android

Windows

J2ME/Java

Others

IMGA 8 (2012)

79%

16%

2%

2%

1%

IMGA 7 (2011)

84%

8%

0%

6%

2%

IMGA 6 (2010)

63%

5%

1%

15%

16%

2010

2011

Countries of provenance :

Asia 70 North America 107 Europe 206 Africa 3

Middle east 13 South America 7 Russia 18 Australia/NZ 5

2012

Top 10 countries :

1 USA

85

20

2

China

38

9

3

France

37

9

4

United Kingdom

32

7

5

Germany

25

6

6

Canada

22

5

7

Russia

18

4

8

Spain

15

3

9

South Korea

14

3

10 Netherlands

14

3

132

31

ROW

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THE PROCESS 4 November 2011

8th IMGA open for entries

16 January 2012

Deadline for entries

20 January 2012

First judging session in Marseille

The judges reviewed close to 100 games based on the entrants’ submissions (stills, descriptions and videos). The outcome of the first judging session was the selection of 30 nominees - 5 in each of the 6 IMGA categories.

26 February 2012

Second judging session in Barcelona

The judges played the nominated games, installed on handsets. Nominees had the possibility to present their game for 10 minutes max to the judges. The outcome of the judging session was the selection of the 6 category winners and the Grand Prix winner.

1 March 2012

Awards ceremony at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona

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THE JUDGING Each year the IMGA selects a panel of 10-12 people. Our criteria for recruiting them are: an exceptional knowledge of mobile games, a good insight into how games are made and awareness on what is currently available on the market.

The majority of our judging panel consists of game journalists. In general, we have at least two game developers in our panel. The game developer judges usually have no games in the competition and if they have, they cannot vote for their own games. We also invite our main sponsors’ specialists on mobile games to be judges – a company may have more than one representative in the jury, but they only have one vote.

This year’s judges were : Nizar Romdhane

ARM

Haruo Taneno

MTI/Entag!

Beat Bruehwiler

MTI/Entag!

Jean François Royer

Euroméditerranée

Tommy Palm

Fabrication Games

Matthieu Burleraux

Gala

Andy Doe

LGE

John Lee Mobile

Bus

Raphael Goumot

Playground

Jon Jordan

Pocketgamer

Markus Buechtmann

ProSieben Sat1 Games

Maximilian Struppler

ProSieben Sat1 Games

Malte Barth

ProSieben Sat1 Games

Lauren Thorpe

Qualcomm

Andrew Podolsky

Slide to Play

Chris James

Steelmedia

Haosu Wang

Tencent

Eli Hodapp

TouchArcade

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THE NOMINEES After receiving a record-breaking number of entries, the IMGA announced the 30 nominees on 26 January 2012.

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THE IMGA SUMMIT The IMGA Summit took place on 1 March 2012 at the Mobile World Congress, Barcelona.

Providing a unique networking platform for the sector, the event brought together representatives from the entire mobile gaming ecosystem - from handset manufacturers to game developers, publishers and journalists - to discuss the hottest issues that affect the sector.

Programme Welcome : Maarten Noyons, Founder of the IMGA Opening address : Markus Büchtmann, Managing Director, ProSiebenSat1 Games GmbH Panel 1 : Challenges in the App Economy The Chinese Mobile Games Market Simon Li, Dep. General Manager of Wireless Gaming Product Dept., Tencent New Players in the App Econmy: Europe's 2nd largest Media group.

Markus Büchtmann, Managing Director, ProSiebenSat1 Games GmbH Generating revenues with mobile advertising Limvirak Chea, Director, Business Development, EMEA InMobi Panel 2 : New ways to work • Bertrand Schmitt, CEO, App Annie • Jason Cho, SVP EMEA, Jibe Mobile • Nick Smith, Marmalade Networking lunch and pitching session 9 passionate developers present their apps and games to a panel of journalists: • Jeff Scott, 148 Apps • Jon Jordan, Pocketgamer • Andrew Podolsky, SlideToPlay • Eli Hodapp, TouchArcade • David MacQueen, Strategy Analytics Panel 3 : Innovation • Nizar Romdhane, Ecosystem Manager - Media Processing, ARM • Neil Trevett, VP NVIDIA • Manish Sirdeshmukh, Sr Product Manager, Qualcomm • David McQueen, Director of Wireless Media Strategy, Strategy Analytics Awards Ceremony Presented by Steel Media's CEO Chris James

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THE WINNERS Excellence in Gameplay & Grand Prix Infinity Blade 2 (Chair Entertainment)

People’s Choice Flick Tennis: College Wars (Rolocule Games)

Best Casual Game Sprinkle (Mediocre)

Best Mobile Social Game Charadium II (On5)

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Best Real World Game Meatspace Invasion (C4M)

Most Innovative Game Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP (Superbrothers, Capy, Jim Guthrie)

Best Sports Game Touchgrind BMX (Illusion Labs)

Jury’s Special mention : Contre Jour (Mokus Games)

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MOBILE GAME DEVELOPMENT IN 2012 This year we collaborated with market research company Strategy Analytics to find out more about the developers who took part in the IMGA, by inviting all entrants to take part in a survey.

Here are a few of the things we discovered:

Please rank the importance of these platforms to you in the next 12 months

Android

BlackBerry

HTML5

IOS

Symbian

Windows Phone

Other

1 - No plans to develop for

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10 - Essential to my business

9.9%

3.7%

1.9%

1.9%

9.3%

5.6%

8.8%

8.8%

9.7%

40.3%

51

19

10

10

48

29

45

45

50

207

45.9%

7.6%

2.3%

4.9%

8.8%

4.9%

5.3%

4.5%

2.9%

13.0%

236

39

12

25

45

25

27

23

15

67

20.4%

4.9%

4.7%

4.7%

11.5%

6.0%

9.5%

9.1%

9.5%

19.6%

105

25

24

24

59

31

49

47

49

101

17.1%

5.4%

3.5%

2.1%

7.2%

5.1%

4.9%

7.0%

9.3%

38.3%

88

28

18

11

37

26

25

36

48

197

71.8%

5.8%

3.5%

3.3%

4.7%

2.5%

1.8%

0.6%

1.8%

4.3%

369

30

18

17

24

13

9

3

9

22

27.4%

7.0%

5.6%

4.5%

8.0%

6.0%

8.2%

6.4%

4.5%

22.4%

141

36

29

23

41

31

42

33

23

115

62.3%

6.6%

3.1%

2.7%

8.2%

4.1%

1.9%

2.1%

1.6%

7.4%

320

34

16

14

42

21

10

11

8

38

Responses 514

514

514

514

514

514

514

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Through which outlets do you distribute your apps?

Value

Count

Percent

Android Market

327

63.6%

Amazon App Store

114

22.2%

Apple App Store

266

51.8%

BlackBerry App World

157

30.5%

Facebook

80

15.6%

GetJar

47

9.1%

Nokia App Store

71

13.8%

Nook App Store

17

3.3%

Opera App Store

15

2.9%

Samsung App Store

37

7.2%

Windows Phone Marketplace

166

32.3%

Carrier branded app store (i.e. Verizon V CAST, China Unicom Wostore)

35

6.8%

Other (specify)

48

9.3%

Which business models are you using to generate revenue today?

Value

Count

Percent

A la carte (users pay per download)

329

65.3%

Advertising

282

56%

In-App Virtual Good sales

118

23.4%

Subscription

59

11.7%

No way to generate revenue at this time

64

12.7%

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Which of the following (if any) social networks have you integrated into your apps?

Value

Count

Percent

Facebook Connect/Authentication

261

75.3%

Gamecenter

89

25.1%

OpenFeint

60

16.9%

Ngmoco Plus+

2

0.6%

BlackBerry Messenger Social

31

8.7%

Crystal

3

0.8%

Scoreloop

20

5.6%

Xbox Live

35

9.9%

Twitter

215

60.6%

Other (Specify)

37

10.4%

Value

Count

Percent

Unity

124

35.3%

Marmalade

19

5.4%

Epic/Unreal

25

7.1%

Cocos2D

112

31.9%

Corona

35

10%

ShiVa

12

3.4%

iTorque

12

3.4%

Other (Specify)

160

45.6%

Which if any game engines do you use?

The full report, App Developer Survey: Developer Attitudes by Josh Martin (released 23 May 2012), is available from Strategy Analytics on their website: http://www.strategyanalytics.com/default.aspx?mod=reportabstractviewer&a0=7409

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SELECTED PRESS COVERAGE Launch Pocket Gamer, “Entries for the 8th International Mobile Games Awards now open », 9 November 2011 www.pocketgamer.biz/r/PG.Biz/IMGA+Awards+2012/news.asp?c=35139 Gamezebo, “International Mobile Gaming Awards open for entries”, 10 November 2011 http://www.gamezebo.com/news/2011/11/10/international-mobile-gaming-awardsopen-entries Mobile Entertainment, “Four weeks left to enter IMGA Awards“, 20 December 2011 http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/read/four-weeks-left-to-enter-imgaawards/016537 Village Gamer, “International Mobile Gaming Awards open for entries”, 9 November 2011 http://www.villagegamer.net/2011/11/09/8th-international-mobile-game-awardsopen-for-entries/

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Nominations Pocket Gamer, “Infinity Blade II and Jetpack Joyride among 30 contenders for the IMGA 2012 », 26 January 2012 http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/r/Multiformat/IMGA+Awards+2012/ip_news. asp?c=37285 Good News Finland, “Five Finnish games compete for the International Mobile Gaming Award », 3 February 2012 http://www.goodnewsfinland.com/archive/news/five-finnish-games-compete-forthe-internationalmobile-gaming-award/ Pocket Gamer, “Jetpack Joyride, Sword & Sworcery and Infinity Blade II among 30 IMGA award 2012 hopefuls », 3 February 2012 http://www.pocketgamer.biz/r/PG.Biz/IMGA+Awards+2012/news.asp?c=37276 Mobile Entertainment, « IMGA announces 2012 award contenders », 26 January 2012 http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/read/imga-announces-2012-awardcontenders/016830

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Winners Pocket Gamer, « Infinity Blade 2 wins the IMGA Grand Prix award », 2 March 2012 http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/r/Multiformat/IMGA+Awards+2012/news.asp?c=38421 PR WEB, « International Mobile Gaming Award Winners Announced », 2 March 2012 http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/3/prweb9246222.htm IUseMac, « International Mobile Gaming Award Winners Announced », 2 March 2012 http://www.iusemac.com/macnews/tag/prosieben-sat1/ Vivid Gamer, « Infinity Blade II wins big at International Mobile Gaming Awards », 3 March 2012 http://vividgamer.com/2012/03/03/infinity-blade-ii-wins-big-at-the-internationalmobile-gameawards/ Gama Sutra, « Infinity Blade II wins big at International Mobile Gaming Awards », 2 March 2012 http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/164113/Infinity_Blade_II_wins_big_at_International_ Mobile_Gaming_Awards.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign =Feed%3A+GamasutraNews+%28Gamasutra+News%29&utm_content=Google+Reader Technology Tell, « International Mobile Gaming Award winners announced », 2 March 2012 http://www.technologytell.com/apple/91018/international-mobile-gaming-awardwinnersannounced/ Gamezebo, « IMGA 2012: And the winners are... », 6 March 2012 http://www.gamezebo.com/news/2012/03/06/imga-2012-and-winners-are Weste.net, « The IMGA winner’s list », 4 March 2012 http://www.weste.net/2012/3-4/80582.html Inside Mobile Apps, « International Mobile Gaming Awards winners unveiled », 2 March 2012 http://www.insidemobileapps.com/2012/03/02/international-mobile-gaming-awardswinnersunveiled/ 148Apps, « 8th Annual IMGA Award Winners Unveiled », 3 March 2012 http://www.148apps.com/news/8th-annual-imga-award-winners-unveiled/ AppStart, « Winners Of 8th International Mobile Gaming Awards Announced », 3 March 2012 http://appadvice.com/appnn/2012/03/winners-of-8th-annual-international-mobilegaming-awardsannounced IphoneG.net, « IMGA12 », 25 February 2012 http://iphoneg.net/imga-2012/

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