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2011
• Game Informer names Tetris one of the "20 Mobile Games You Should Be Playing."

• Kotaku calls the free Android version of Tetris "An Excellent Reason to Own an Android Device."

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  • Dr. Toy's 10 Best Games for 2011.
  • Dr. Toy's 100 Best Children's Products for 2011.
  • Popular Science -- Best of Toy Fair 2011.

2010
• Tetris tops 100 million downloads and officially becomes the Best-Selling Mobile Game of All Time.

2009
• Guinness World Records 2009 Gamer's Edition ranks Tetris #2 on the "Top 50 Console Games of All Time."

• Tetris named one of the All-Time Top 10 Paid Applications on the Apple iTunes App Store.

• Edge Magazine names Tetris #7 on its "100 Best Games to Play Today" list.

• The Nielsen Company ranks Tetris as the #1 game on its "Top Ten Mobile Games of 2008."

2008
• Tetris Party nominated for Best WiiWare Game 2008 and Best Puzzle Game 2008 by IGN.

• Entertainment Weekly's 1000th issue names Tetris #1 on its list of the top 50 games from the last 25 years.

2007
• Alexey Pajitnov receives the First Penguin Award at the Game Developers Conference. Tetris is widely recognized as the game that gave birth to the casual gaming industry.

• IGN.com ranks Tetris #2 in the "Top 100 Games of All Time."

• Tetris makes the Top 10 list in Edge Magazine's July issue featuring the "100 Best Video Games."

2006
• Electronic Gaming Monthly ranks Tetris #4 in "The Greatest 200 Videogames of Their Time."

• PocketGamer awards mobile version of Tetris PocketGamer Platinum Award.

2001
• Game Informer Magazine's 100th issue lists Tetris in the #3 spot on its "Top 100 Game of All Time."

1997
• Tetris comes in #1 in Electronic Gaming Monthly's 100th issue.

1989
• The Software Publisher's Association awards Tetris four Excellence in Software Awards, which were then considered the "Oscars" for the software industry.

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