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PopCap's Plants vs Zombies was named 'Best Casual Game', while Chair Entertainment's Infinity Blade claimed 'Excellence in Design', GI.biz reports.
Other winners included Fishlabs' Snowboard Hero and FDG Entertainment's Beyond Ynth, which took two awards each. Papa Sangre from UK studio Somethin' Else was named 'Most Innovative Game', and Soulbit7's AR Invaders claimed 'Best Real World Game'.
"This year’s nominees offered a wealth of innovation, visual quality and addictive gameplay," said Maarten Noyons, CEO and founder of the IMGA.
"The selection of the six category winners and the 'Grand Prix' winner is not only the result of long and very vivid deliberations by the jury but also a lot of fun playing the nominated games."
The event took place at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Nominees were chosen from 260 titles from 40 different countries.
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