SlashPhone » A Different Game http://www.slashphone.com Worldwide mobile phone news, reviews and wireless innovations Wed, 15 Feb 2012 04:03:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Boo! Ghostly game wins top prize in Nokia Mobile Games Innovation Challenge http://www.slashphone.com/boo-ghostly-game-wins-top-prize-in-nokia-mobile-games-innovation-challenge-302929 http://www.slashphone.com/boo-ghostly-game-wins-top-prize-in-nokia-mobile-games-innovation-challenge-302929#comments Thu, 30 Oct 2008 09:08:08 +0000 Kim Poh Liaw http://www.slashphone.com/?p=2929 Nokia revealed that Ghostwire, by A Different Game from Sweden, is the winner of the Mobile Games Innovation Challenge. Ghostwire is a casual collection and adventure game, where players use the unique features of the mobile device to communicate with the world of ghosts. Ghostwire also features an augmented reality-powered mini-game, where players can use the camera on their mobile device to find ghosts. At the Nokia Games Summit awards ceremony, A Different Game was awarded the top prize of 40,000 EUR to further develop their concept.

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Sweden’s Jadestone and France’s C4M, came in second place with Melokey to win 20,000 EUR. Eclipse Interactive from the United Kingdom claimed third place and 10,000 EUR with Watchers. As well as the prize money, each of the winners will be given pre-production contracts with Nokia Games Publishing. The winning three titles were chosen by a panel of independent industry experts, selected from a final shortlist of ten concepts from around the globe.

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.

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