Playing for the Planet announces nominees for the 2025 Playing for the Planet Awards

Playing for the Planet is delighted to announce the nominees for the Playing for the Planet Awards, which celebrates innovations from across the games industry, as well as the leading entries from this year’s Green Game Jam. 

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This year’s awards ceremony will take place at the BFI in London on November 6th, where Playing for the Planet will announce the winners for each category below.

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Best Newcomer

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Best Fiends by Playtika

Crossy Road by Hipster Whale

Honor of Kings by TiMi Studio Group, Level Infinite, Tencent Games

Longleaf Valley by TreesPlease Games

Rummy Fun & Friends / Skat Treff by GameDuell

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Best Small Studio

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Elowyn: Quest of Time by EARTHWise

Imagine Earth by Serious Bros.

Longleaf Valley by TreesPlease Games

Orna: The GPS RPG by Northern Forge Studios

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Call to Action Award

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Best Fiends by Playtika

Hay Day by Supercell

June's Journey by Wooga

Rummy Fun & Friends / Skat Treff by Gameduell

Shop Titans by Kabam

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Google's Choice

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Crossy Road by Hipster Whale

Hay Day by Supercell

Honor Of Kings by TiMi Studio Group, Level Infinite, Tencent Games

Longleaf Valley by TreesPlease Games

Love & Pies by Trailmix Games

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Media’s Choice

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Best Fiends by Playtika

Honor of Kings by TiMi Studio Group, Level Infinite, Tencent Games

June's Journey by Wooga

Klondike Adventures by Vizor Games

Longleaf Valley by TreesPlease Games

Orna: The GPS RPG by Northern Forge Studios

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Trailblazer Award

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GamePoint Bingo by GamePoint

Honor of Kings by TiMi Studio Group, Level Infinite, Tencent Games

Imagine Earth by Serious Bros.

Longleaf Valley by TreesPlease Games

Love & Pies by Trailmix Games

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Player’s Choice

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Best Fiends by Playtika

Hay Day by Supercell

Honor of Kings by TiMi Studio Group, Level Infinite, Tencent Games

June's Journey by Wooga

Top Eleven 2025 by Nordeus

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UNEP's Choice

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Best Fiends by Playtika

Crossy Road by Hipster Whale

GamePoint Bingo by GamePoint

Honor of Kings by TiMi Studio Group, Level Infinite, Tencent Games

June's Journey by Wooga

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Jam Spirit Award

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Best Fiends by Playtika

Drive Ahead! by Dodreams

Just Dance 2025 by Ubisoft Paris

My Talking Hank: Island by Outfit 7

Subway Surfers by SYBO

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Best Green Storytelling

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Another Crab's Treasure by Aggro Crab

Citizen Sleeper 2 by Jump Over the Age

Endzone 2 by Gentlymad Studios

Synergy by Lekir Studio

The Wandering Village by Stray Fawn Studio

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Best Green Tech

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Call of Duty®: Black Ops 6 from Activision

GAIADEX from Razer

Jyros from Game Only

League of Legends and Valorant from Riot Games

Monument Valley 3 from ustwo games

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Champion Award

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Arnaud Fayolle

Joshua Aslan

Laura Carter

Mathias Gredal Norvig and Celia Zimmermann

Min-Liang Tan

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Changemaker Award

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GreenQuest Innovations

PlanetPlay

Riot Games

TreesPlease Games

ustwo games

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We would like to extend a huge thank you to everyone who took part in or supported this year’s Green Game Jam, which has already reached millions of players around the world with environmental messaging translating to real world action. 

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