The full advertising campaign for the new Nokia N-Gage goes live today, enticing and inspiring the general public the global sales start of the world's first mobile wireless game deck on October 7th.

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In what could be interpretted as a retaliatory move to combat the newfound threat of Nokia's N-Gage game deck, Nintendo announced today a wireless adapter for it's Gameboy Advance series of handhelds. The gameboy accessory uses a 2.4GHz radio frequency (RF) chipset and will enable up to five players to play each other wirelessly. The wireless adapter with the new Game Boy Advance software "Pokemon FireRed" and "Pokemon LeafGreen" will be launched in Japan first half of 2004. Retail prices and American shipping dates are unknown at this time. Photo of the device.

Nokia has announced that the transaction was completed on September 16th, 2003. Nokia will be utilising Sega.com's SNAP technology in their N-Gage game deck. Details as to what extent the technology will be used are vague at this time.

Starting October 7, T-Mobile will show Nokia N-Gage mobile game deck buyers the money with free wireless game play for 30 days and a combined total of $50 worth of free voice and text messaging* -- making it virtually an instant out-of-the-box game play experience.

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Nokia today announced the ConnectCoder, N-Gage™ Mobile Game Deck Game Battle 2003, a competition for game developers across Europe, the United States and Canada to find the hottest game ideas that take advantage of the unique mobile online functionality of the Nokia N-Gage game deck. Helping to unleash the creative and innovative spirit of the game community, the competition runs until January 31, 2004.


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Nokia, together with Electronic Arts today announced that NCAA® Football 2004 will be developed for the Nokia N-Gage game deck. One of the best-selling titles from the EA SPORTS® range, NCAA Football on the Nokia N-Gage game deck gives mobile quarterbacks the chance to lead their team to the championship anywhere, anytime. The first college football season of NCAA Football 2004 on the Nokia N-Gage game deck will focus on a range of unique mobile features, including multiplayer gameplay via Bluetooth® wireless technology.

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British technology website The Register posted a review of Nokia's N-Gage today. "Nokia certainly scores on one point," the reviewer writes, "even the most fashion conscious probably won't mind carrying this device around with them." Although they call the N-Gage an "it's an attractive piece of technology", the review overall was not too positive and they give the device a mediocre 5/10 rating.

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The N-Gage version of Splinter Cell will have a 2-player mode, according to Stefan Lampinen, director of European Games Division.

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Nokia has totally redesigned their N-Gage website - for the better. They've also added more content - more news, more articles, more games. Check it out.

Nokia announced that an online service, N-Gage Arena, for it's N-Gage game deck will be available on October 7, the international launch date of the N-Gage system. N-Gage Arena will feature game clips, strategy guides, cheats, walkthroughs, high-score lists, two player gaming, and tools for publishers and developers to create new online content for their games.

"Given the investment Nokia is making, it validates the market for us," stated Scott Orr, CEO of cell-phone game publisher Sorrent. Although Nokia is a new player in the gaming industry, the company is devoted to carving it's niche in the handheld market, according to Wired Magazine.

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Nokia today announced Electronics Boutique as a Canadian vendor for the Nokia N-Gage gaming platform scheduled to launch October 7. The Nokia N-Gage game deck is expected to be sold for $449, and accompanying game cards will be sold separately ranging from $45 to $55.

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Nokia has published an interactive demo of the N-Gage Game Deck. The demo lets you move, spin, and zoom with your mouse to get a good look at what the N-Gage will look like.

Nokia has posted the technical specifications of the N-Gage.

Some highlights:

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