GamingonPhone 2026 Awards finalists revealed; voting open

GamingonPhone has named finalists for the 2026 Awards across 28 categories covering consumer and business sides of mobile gaming. Community voting opened and will run until September 21, 2026; winners will be decided by a mix of jury, public and GamingonPhone editorial votes.

Organisers extended the nomination window by two days after receiving an unusually large number of entries from players, studios and industry professionals.

Consumer categories include Mobile Game of the Year, On-going Game of the Year, Premium Game of the Year, Innovative Game of the Year and Players’ Choice. Finalists for Mobile Game of the Year include The Division Resurgence, Rainbow Six Mobile, Neverness to Everness, Arknights: Endfield and Sea of Stars.

Premium Game finalists include Shotgun King and Subnautica: Below Zero. Innovative Game nominees include TOEM: A Photo Adventure and Spilled!. The Players’ Choice shortlist, decided entirely by the public, features Heartopia, Talking Tom & Friends: World and Neverness to Everness.

Subscription and platform-led titles appear in Mobile Subscription Game of the Year, with entries from Netflix Games, Apple Arcade, Crunchyroll Game Vault and Google Play Pass.

B2B categories cover developer, publisher and service awards. Nominees for developer and publisher awards include Outfit7, Ubisoft, NetEase Games, Square Enix and FunPlus. Service providers on shortlists include AppLovin, Xsolla, Keywords Studios and Sensor Tower, with categories for QA and localization firms, alternative distribution platforms and analytics and user-acquisition tools.

IP crossover pairings on the shortlist include PUBG Mobile × Spider-Man and Honor of Kings × Attack on Titan. The Leader in Climate Action and Social Innovation category lists projects linked to conservation and social causes, such as Preserve by Dear Villagers and Spilled! by Sound Games Inc.

Tousif Hasan Biswas, Founder and CEO of GamingonPhone, commented: “The response to the GamingonPhone Awards this year highlights the engagement of our community and industry. We look forward to hosting the awards in Bangkok and making the ceremony accessible to fans worldwide.”

Winners will be announced at the Grand Finale in Bangkok on October 28, 2026, held alongside the inaugural Mobile Premiere event. The ceremony will be livestreamed on GamingonPhone’s official YouTube channel.

Voting remains open through September 21. Community members can cast votes across all 28 categories; final results will reflect the combined weight of jury, public and editorial ballots.