Marvel Snap, Stardew Valley, Genshin Impact and more revealed as finalists for the Inaugural Mobies Awards
The Mobile Gaming Awards, the world’s premiere mobile-related awards organisation, is excited to unveil the shortlist of finalists for the inaugural Mobies awards ceremony. Pokémon Unite, Jonathan Gaming, and KRAFTON are among the names who have been shortlisted as finalists for Mobile Game of the Year, Mobile Content Creator of the Year, and Mobile Developer of the Year, respectively.
Set to take place on July 14th in sunny Los Angeles, the inaugural event will first focus on highlighting the esports and gaming industry with an opportunity to expand into the general mobile industry in future years. Fans can vote for their favourite finalists every 24 hours until June 30th at mobileawards.com.
Prestigious gaming titles PUBG MOBILE and Brawl Stars have been nominated for the most awards with both in the running for Mobile Esports Tournament of the Year, Competitive Game of the Year, and Mobile Game of the Year. Esports Awards winners Naman "Mortal" Sandeep Mathur and Jonathan "Jonathan Gaming" Amaral are both finalists for Mobile Content Creator of the Year. The variety of categories also includes Mobile Team of the Year, Mobile Developer of the Year, and Mobile App of the Year.
Founded by the team behind the Esports Awards, the industry-acclaimed award ceremony watched by 20 million people each year, and Matt “MobileMatt” Rutledge, founder and CEO of BAYZ, the Mobies will document, recognise, and reward excellence in the mobile industry. Additionally, ESTV Esports TV, the world’s first 24/7 live linear and AVOD esports channel, and esports and gaming media group GINX TV will join the Mobies as broadcast partners.
The full list of categories and finalists are as follows:
Mobile Game of the Year
Brawl Stars
Call of Duty Mobile
Marvel Snap
PUBG MOBILE
Genshin Impact
Pokemon Unite
Competitive Game of the Year
Mobile Content Creator of the Year
Mobile Team of the Year
ECHO
Stalwart Esports
EStar Pro
Tribe Gaming
ZETA DIVISION ZERO
EVOS Phoenix
Mobile Player of the Year
Frederic "Bennyqt" Gonzales
Mohamed "Mohamed Light" Tarek
Tensai
Burenbayar "TOP" Altangerel
Harsh "Goblin" Paudwal
Ratchanon "Moshi" Kunrayason
Mobile Esports Tournament of the Year
Brawl Stars World Finals 2022
Free Fire World Series 2022: Bangkok
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang M4 World Championships
PUBG MOBILE Global Championship 2022
Honor of Kings International Championship 2022
CODM World Championship 2022
Mobile Indie Game of the Year
T3 Arena
Alto's Adventure
Monument Valley
Playdead’s Limbo
Stardew Valley
Mobile Developer of the Year
Krafton
LIGHTSPEED STUDIOS
Second Dinner
TiMi Studio Group
Garena
Supercell
Mobile Device of the Year
ROG Phone 7
Redmagic 8 Pro
Samsung S23 Ultra
OnePlus 11
Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max
Mobile App of the Year
Aim Lab Mobile
Discord
TikTok
Xbox Game Pass
Twitter
Youtube
Coverage Platform of the year
Pocket Gamer
Pocket Tactics
Liquipedia
GamingonPhone
ONEEsports
AFK Gaming
Fans can vote for their favourite finalist every 24 hours until June 30th at mobileawards.com.
An additional award, granted directly by the panel, will be handed on July 14th, with the winner revealed on-stage only: the Breakthrough Game of the Year.
“I am absolutely thrilled to unveil the talented individuals and organisations nominated for their excellence in the mobile industry. It’s a genuine pleasure to provide a platform to foster recognition, celebration, and growth for this fast growing industry. I’m looking forward to welcoming them all to Los Angeles this July.” said Matt “MobileMatt” Rutledge, founder and CEO of BAYZ.
“We are absolutely delighted to have this project hit the ground running and incredibly proud to provide a voice for the mobile industry,” commented Mike Ashford, CEO of Esports Awards, “I cannot wait to see the sheer amount of talented individuals and organisations this July at the inaugural Mobies ceremony.”