Nokia to Revive N-Gage for Nokia Smartphones
August 27, 2007 7:41 PM | Nokia | Smartphone | Comments (0)
| This week, Nokia will revive N-Gage as a multiplayer gaming service that will work on its popular line of smartphones. The service will offer games from major publishers like Electronic Arts, as well as smaller developers like Digital Chocolate that focus on the mobile gaming market. Owners of phones that run N-Gage software will be able to play games against friends, sample, buy and recommend new games from their phones, and compete in large tournaments. The new N-Gage permits users to see what games their friends have on their phones and whether they are online. They can also see how many points a person has earned in the game, as well as how much time they devote to solitary play versus group play. Customers will be able to sample games free before buying them. The selection will lean toward the casual side of gaming, with soccer and fishing titles and the popular puzzle game Bejeweled, among others. Nokia has not yet discussed prices. |  |
Nokia will formally reintroduce N-Gage this week with new game developers and new phones for mobile gaming. The company says it has sold more than 125 million of its Series 60 smartphones worldwide. The N-Gage games will make their debut this fall on only a few of those models, but the company will extend the service to the rest of the Series 60 line over the next year.
Also today, Nokia and Capcom announced that Capcom will be publishing games on N-Gage in 2008. Capcom is the first Japanese based publisher to show their commitment to N-Gage.
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