Episode 63: Award-Winning Insights – Our 2025 Mobile Appdev Awards Winners

This episode of the Mobile Games Playbook is all about celebrating and breaking down the 2025 Mobile AppDev Awards winners, brought to you by Liftoff.

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Join Liftoff’s Chief Game Analysts, Kalle Heikkinen and Wilhelm Voutilainen, along with host Jon Jordan, as they discuss this year’s winners, ranging from categories such as “Best Collaboration Event,” “Best Newcomer,” and “Excellence in AI-powered features”, diving into the reasons each winner managed to beat the competition and present you with actionable insights that will help take your mobile game to the next level.

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Topics we will cover in this episode:

  1. Introduction & Listener Survey
  2. Introducing the 2025 Mobile App Dev Awards
  3. Best Collaboration Event
  4. Best Social Event
  5. Best Minigame
  6. Best Newcomer
  7. Biggest Evolver
  8. Best Feature Innovation (Non-Gaming)
  9. Best Use of Engagement Features (Non-Gaming)
  10. Excellence in Social Features (Non-Gaming)
  11. Excellence in AI-Powered Features (Non-Gaming)
  12. Closing Remarks

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