On July 24, 2008, during Casual Connect, the second annual Zeebys Casual Game Awards were held. The award show names the best casual games in a variety of categories, as nominated by 40 companies and casual gamers. This year’s awards had 17 categories and honored games from 2007.

The show also raised a substantial amount of money. The Zeebys is an awards show and a charity event, and this year $11,000 from ticket sales and a charity auction was raised for Starlight Starbright Children’s Foundation.

The categories and winners (taken directly from the press release and official site) are as follows…

1UP Network has just released the nominations for the 5th annual 1UP awards, inciting internet flame wars sure to last well into the new year. The nominations constitute a giant best-of list honoring the year’s best and brightest titles, and gamers can vote on their favorites from now until the virtual polls close on December more »