Tag archive: N-Gage

Finland's Nokia has announced it plans to shut down its struggling N-Gage mobile gaming service in 2010, rolling games and other entertainment offerings into its broader Ovi Store, where it also offers mobile applications, music, and other mobile content. Nokia plans to keep N-Gage running for most of the next year, shuttering the service in September 2010. However, Nokia will be migrating the N-Gage Arena and community features to the… Read More

Customers of Nokia's re-launched N-Gage mobile gaming service are lashing out at Nokia as they realize purchases made through the service are locked to a specific Nokia device, and cannot be transferred to a new handset when a user upgrades. According to the N-Gage terms and conditions, “All Content shall be subject to the End User Software License Agreement (“EUSA”) and limited to one private installation on one… Read More

After moving from concept to public beta testing through the First Access program in February, Nokia’s N-Gage gaming service for its mobile phones finally launched officially on Monday. It includes a marketplace of made-for-mobile games for download, the N-Gage Mobile Arena for multiplayer gaming, plus message boards and live chat for discussing games and setting up tournaments. Initially, only six games will be available for… Read More

Nokia has had a grand plan for its N-Gage, reinventing the phone as a mobile gaming platform. The announcement of that, back in March, anticipated a Septemberlaunch for the device. But here it is, December, and it’s still not on the market. What’s happened?   According to a post on the N-Gage blog, reported by Vnunet, it’s down to those pesky unexpected difficulties.   "We have been doing an internal run with… Read More

At its Nokia Mobility Conference in Barcelona, Finland's Nokia admitted it's failed to meet its goals with the Nokia N-Gage combined phone and portable gaming device. Nokia had boasted it would sell 6 million units in its first three years, and instead the company managed to sell only 2 million units worldwide. The N-Gage, originally designed to compete with products line Nintendo's Game Boy Advance handheld game unit,… Read More

“The company's senior vice president for games, Ilkka Raiskinen, announced the achievement at the European Games Network trade show in London yesterday – where the firm is also showcasing itsforthcoming N-Gage line-up. While the figure represents shipments rather than sell-through, company spokespeople indicated that channel inventories are quite low, so the installed base isn't far behind the million mark. Raiskinen… Read More

Nokia, which has been losing market share to rivals in its core mobile phone market, is looking for new revenue sources and wants to take a slice of robust mobile gaming market from the likes of Nintendo. After a major launch of N-Gage last year, however, the Finnish company has admitted sales missed expectations due to the phone's small screen and an awkward way of changing games that requires the user to first remove the… Read More

Nokia today announced that the latest addition to the N-Gage platform, the N-Gage QD game deck, started shipping today for markets in Europe, Africa and Asia Pacific. With a street price starting at

Nokia announced an agreement with industry pioneers Capcom and Atari are to produce a variety of titles for the N-Gage platform. The first N-Gage titles from Capcom are expected to be announcedin the coming weeks.   “Capcom is proud to become a part of the N-Gage title family and we look forward to bringing mobile gamers hours of fun as they play Capcom games while on the move,” saidKenzo Tsujimoto, President and CEO,… Read More

From Nokia's press release: Nokia gears up for E3 2004 with a slew of new titles, its recently announced N-Gage QD game deck, and an impressive, immersive booth.  Situated in the South Hall at area 1524, Nokia will be showcasing 11 N-Gage games: Pathway to Glory, Pocket Kingdom: Own the World, Ashen, Crash Nitro Kart, The Sims Bustin' Out, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Jungle Storm, Call of Duty, Bomberman, Operation… Read More

The N-Gage QD is a compact device with a hot-swappable multimedia (MMC) slot for instant gaming, longer battery life, improved gaming controls, brighter screen, powerful smartphone features and the new N-Gage Arena launcher application. Gamers will be able to play all of their favorite N-Gage titles, connect to the worldwide mobile gaming community over mobile networks via the N-Gage Arena as well as take part in close-range mobile multiplayer… Read More

From Nokia's press release: Nokia today announced the N-Gage QD mobile game deck, the latest addition to the N-Gage platform. The N-Gage QD is a compact device with a hot-swappable multimedia (MMC) slot for instant gaming, longer battery life, improved gaming controls, brighter screen, powerful smartphone features and the new N-Gage Arena launcher application. Gamers will be able to play all of their favorite N-Gage titles, connect… Read More

From Gizmodo: “Someone has leaked the first shots of Nokia's next N-Gage iteration, and sadly all the reports are true: Sidetalkin', the go-to joke of 2003 is no more. What's more, there is also a proper MMC slot so that games can be inserted without removing the battery. Although this screenshot says it has a 'Camera' menu option, the hardware doesn't appear to have a camera, so it's likely… Read More

These minor details are important, if obvious, changes that need to be made to the system. Firstly, the speaker and earpiece will be mounted on the face of the unit, like most mobile phones, instead of the top. Secondly, it will now be possible to change games without conducting minor surgery on the game deck. N-Gage has endured massive trials and tribulations since its release in October of last year. Between criticism of its design and… Read More

Kirsi Kotilainen told developers at a session on developing N-Gage titles that the next revision of the game deck would have its speaker and earpiece mounted on the face of the device, like a conventional mobile phone, rather than making users hold it side-on to their faces in order to make calls. The new version of the system will also fix the problem of game swapping which has plagued the original N-Gage by allowing players to… Read More