{"id":192409,"date":"2025-11-21T10:55:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T10:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/192409\/"},"modified":"2025-11-21T10:55:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T10:55:15","slug":"google-reveals-winners-of-its-google-play-best-of-2025-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/192409\/","title":{"rendered":"Google reveals winners of its Google Play best of 2025 awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"highlights\">\n<li>Disney Speedstorm won best multi-device Game for its cross-platform performance.<\/li>\n<li>Dunk City Dynasty took best multiplayer, with Candy Crush Solitaire named best pick Up and play.<\/li>\n<li>Google says developer success remains central to the platform\u2019s future.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pocketgamer.biz\/subscribe\/\" class=\"art-subscribe\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t<strong class=\"qual\">Stay Informed<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Get Industry News In Your Inbox\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Sign Up Today<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pocketgamer.biz\/industry\/google-1024\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Google<\/a> has revealed the winners of its Google Play Best of 2025 awards, celebrating standout games of the platform.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The company emphasised its ongoing effort to transform Play into a more unified experience, with recent updates aimed at creating a gaming environment across devices to better support developers.<\/p>\n<p>Pok\u00e9mon TCG Pocket won best game of 2025 for its faithful recreation of the trading card experience, while Disney Speedstorm earned best multi-device game for its polished cross-platform performance and responsive controls.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Google Play Awards winners revealed\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Best game: Pok\u00e9mon TCG Pocket<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Best multi-device game: Disney Speedstorm<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Best multiplayer: Dunk City Dynasty<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Best pick up &amp; play: Candy Crush Solitaire<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Best indie: Chants of Sennaar<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Best story: Disco Elysium<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Best ongoing: Wuthering Waves<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Best on play pass: DREDGE<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Best for Google play games on PC: Odin: Valhalla Rising<\/li>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dx9o1vKMr80\" alt=\"yt\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The awards also span top apps and books on Google Play, recognising standout creativity and quality across the wider ecosystem.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlay is only successful when our developers are successful &#8211; their innovation is what fuels the platform and provides the content these awards are designed to honour,&#8221; said Google in a <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.google\/products\/google-play\/best-apps-games-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">post<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe look forward to seeing how developers and publishers continue to help people discover new apps, games and books across all of their devices.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pocketgamer.biz\/pocket-gamer-mobile-games-awards-2025-winners-revealed\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pocket Gamer Mobile Games Awards 2025<\/a> were announced during a ceremony in Cologne, while public voting also opened for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pocketgamer.biz\/public-voting-is-now-open-for-the-12th-annual-pocket-gamer-awards\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">12th Annual Pocket Gamer Awards<\/a> as the long-running celebration entered its final phase.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Disney Speedstorm won best multi-device Game for its cross-platform performance. 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