Winners unveiled for the Pocket Gamer Mobile Games Awards 2023

• 22 businesses and individuals were highlighted and celebrated in a night to remember for the global mobile games industry

This year’s Pocket Gamer Mobile Games Awards winners were announced during an exclusive ceremony on April 20th at BAFTA 195 Piccadilly, London. The global games industry gathered for an evening of celebration to highlight and champion the very best business and individuals who are driving the $90 billion mobile games industry forward.

The Steel Media team is pleased to announce the winners and recipients of the Pocket Gamer Mobile Games Awards 2023:

Pocket Gamer People’s Choice sponsored by AppGallery – Disney Mirrorverse (Kabam)

Best Advertising & UA Service sponsored by Enthusiast Gaming [JOINT WINNERS] – Unity Ads & AppLovin

Best Analytics / Data Tool – AppsFlyer

Best Developer sponsored by Coherence.io – Tripledot Studios

Best GAAS Tools & Tech – Photon

Best Audio / Visual Accomplishment – Candy Crush Saga (King)

Best Game Engine / Platform – Unity

Best Storytelling – Star Trek: Lower Decks (East Side Games)

Rising Star – Philippa Layburn

Best Tools Provider – Unity Gaming Services

Best Service Provider – Xsolla

Best Live Ops – Stumble Guys (Scopely)

Best QA & Localisation Service Provider – TransPerfect Gaming Solutions

Best Indie Developer sponsored by PocketGamer – Rusty Lake

Best PR / Marketing Team sponsored by PocketGamer.biz – King (Candy Crush Saga ’10 Years of Fun’ campaign)

Best Alternative App Store – AppGallery

Investment Fund of the Year – Play Ventures

Best Publisher sponsored by Pingle – Scopely

Most Promising AI Games Tech sponsored by Beyond Games – Solsten

Most Impactful Web3 Company sponsored by Raptor PR – ZEBEDEE

Game of the Year sponsored by Tilting Point [JOINT WINNERS] – Marvel Snap (Nuverse) & Subway Surfers Tag (Sybo)

Mobile Legend – Nour Khrais (Maysalward)

This year’s Pocket Gamer Mobile Games Awards winners were announced during an exclusive ceremony on April 20th at BAFTA 195 Piccadilly, London. The global games industry gathered for an evening of celebration to highlight and champion the very best business and individuals who are driving the $90 billion mobile games industry forward.

Steel Media CEO Chris James presented a total of 22 categories throughout the evening and was understandably excited and enthused about the current state of the mobile games industry:

“This is always one of my absolute favourite nights of the year – and 2023’s edition certainly didn’t disappoint! I really love the chance to connect with friends old and new and celebrate the incredible achievements of these companies and individuals in this amazing mobile games industry – the only shame is that we can’t give everyone a prize!

Whilst there’s been a little doom and gloom from some quarters after the games industry’s first contraction in 2022, tonight showed the mobile industry is actually stronger than ever and showcased the spirit, enthusiasm, creativity and raw talent that will ensure our future is very bright (and we’ll break the $100 billion barrier very soon!”.