Some of you may recall that we are doing IGF Mobile for the first time this year, and the folks organizing it here have now revealed the diversity of entries, which span innovative titles from Masaya Matsuura’s iPod game to GPS-using cellphone titles and even GP32X and DS/PSP games - here’s an announcement:
“The organizers of the inaugural Independent Games Festival Mobile have revealed over 50 entries for the first-ever IGF Mobile Competition event, with the submitted titles spanning mobile phones, DS, PSP, Windows Mobile, and even iPod and GP2X, with innovative use of GPS and other tech.
The event (organized by the CMP Game Group, as is Gamasutra) has seen a host of notable independent Java, Nintendo DS and Windows Mobile games entering the contest - for which almost $20,000 prizes will be given out at GDC 2008 next February. Nvidia is Platinum and Founding Sponsor for the event. […]
Original post by editors@gamesetwatch.com (Simon Carless) and software by Elliott Back
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