Nokia Finally Releases N-Gage Mobile Platform

• Posted: Wednesday, February 06, 2008
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• Author: pradhana
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• Filed under: Mobile Content, Nokia

After several false starts, Nokia finally released its revamped N-Gage mobile platform. Currently available exclusively on N81 devices, N-Gage remains in trial mode, but three titles are now available -- Space Impact: Kappa Base, System Rush: Evolution and Hooked On: Creatures of the Deep.

According to the N-Gage First Access website, Nokia encourages N81 owners to download the pre-release version, try out the N-Gage titles and provide feedback on gameplay.

The N-Gage platform seems likely to be a feature of Nokia's forthcoming N95 super-phone, and then on later N-series models.

Due to its rotating screen and some nifty slide-out buttons, the N95 can be configured to sit in the hand much like a PSP. The phone launches in March, but we're expecting to hear more info on N-Gage at the 3GSM mobile phone expo in mid-February. Stay tuned for the full lowdown.

Buying games online could breathe new life into the taco-shaped handset, and they'll also work with Nokia's new smart phones, which carry on the N-Gage brand, but keep the gaming in a more subtle shell.

It's another sign that the N-Gage isn't dead yet, and Nokia seems determined to pump more life into the platform, despite not launching a dedicated games handset for several months. [FierceMobileContent/T3]

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