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IMGA names Pokémon Go as the mobile game of the year

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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The International Mobile Gaming Awards (IMGA) today announced the winners of their 13th global edition, with the top award going to Pokémon Go.

In total, the jury selected 16 winners from a shortlist of 159 nominees that were previously hand-picked from nearly 3000 submissions.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.