TLDR: The Pocket Gamer Mobile Games Awards 2025 will take place on August 19th in Cologne, recognizing achievements across 23 categories, including a prominent ‘Best Use Of AI’ award. Scopely and HoYoverse were among the big winners in 2024, while this year’s finalists for the AI category include Bitmagic, Elevatix, Ludo, and TapNation.
The highly anticipated Pocket Gamer Mobile Games Awards 2025 is set to honor the mobile gaming industry’s top achievements at a gala ceremony on Tuesday, August 19th, in Cologne, Germany, coinciding with Gamescom week. This year’s awards will feature 23 distinct categories, celebrating excellence across all facets of the business, from game development and publishing to advertising, analytics, and innovative technologies.
A significant highlight of the 2025 awards is the ‘Best Use Of AI’ category, which underscores the growing integration of artificial intelligence in mobile game creation. This dedicated award was first introduced in 2023, with Solsten taking the inaugural prize, followed by Kinetix in 2024. For the 2025 awards, leading contenders in this cutting-edge category include Bitmagic, Elevatix, Ludo, and TapNation, showcasing the diverse applications of AI in the mobile gaming landscape.
The awards also reflect on past successes, with Scopely’s ‘Monopoly GO!’ being crowned ‘Game of the Year’ in 2024, a testament to its remarkable success, including over $3 billion in revenue. Scopely also secured the ‘Best Publisher’ award for the second consecutive year. Other notable ‘Game of the Year’ winners from previous years include ‘Marvel Snap’ (2023), ‘Subway Surfers Tag’ (2023), ‘Beatstar’ by Space Ape Games (2022), ‘miHoYo’s Genshin Impact’ (2021), and ‘Playdemic’s Golf Clash’ (2018). In the developer category, HoYoverse, known for ‘Genshin Impact’ and ‘Honkai: Star Rail’, was recognized as ‘Best Developer’ in 2024.
The ‘People’s Choice Award’, a unique category nominated and voted for by consumers, has seen intense public participation, with voting recently concluded. Finalists for this coveted award include popular titles such as ‘Balatro’, ‘Bloons Card Storm’, ‘Fortnite’, ‘Lara Croft: Guardian of Light’, ‘Marvel Mystic Mayhem’, ‘Monument Valley 3’, ‘Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket’, ‘Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown’, and ‘Squid Game: Unleashed’. The winner of the ‘People’s Choice Award’ will be announced during the ceremony on August 19th.
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The judging process for most categories involved an industry-wide vote that closed on July 31st, following an extensive shortlisting process. The Pocket Gamer Mobile Games Awards continue to be a pivotal event, recognizing outstanding individual performances and the collective innovation driving the mobile games industry forward.
