Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket picks up nomination for Best Mobile Game for The Game Awards 2024

It's a little over 3 weeks out from the broadcast of The Game Awards 2024, and the nominees for the event have finally been announced. Only one Pokémon title was nominated for an award this year, with Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket picking up a nomination for Best Mobile Game.

Announced worldwide on Pokémon Day 2024 (February 27th) in an edition of Pokémon Presents, Pokémon TCG Pocket is a free-to-play digital adaptation of the Pokémon Trading Card Game, featuring app-exclusive card sets from which players can collect digital Pokémon cards, which may feature either new artwork or illustrations previously used in the physical Pokémon Trading Card Game. Two booster packs can be opened for free each day, with more available via in-game purchases. The app introduces immersive cards which allow players to experience the world inside the card's illustration. Players can also participate in quick battles using a simplified version of the traditional card game's rules.


Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket is the first Pokémon nomination in 2 years, since Pokémon: Legends Arceus was nominated for Best Role Playing Game. Prior to Pokémon Legends: Arceus, the franchise had not secured any nominations since the inaugural Game Awards in 2014, when Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire were nominated for Best Remaster.

The Game Awards is an annual awards ceremony which celebrates creative and technical achievements in the global video game industry. It was founded in 2014 by Geoff Keighley, who also hosts and produces the show. Keighley perhaps is best known for his work with Spike TV and G4, including more than a decade spent working on The Game Awards predecessor, the Spike Video Game Awards.