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N-Gage Planet - Nokia N-Gage Reviews and News
Wednesday March 29, 2006 - 08:25 PM
SNAP (Scaleable Network Application Package) Mobile is a new platform for Java multiplayer gaming communities. SNAP Mobile is built upon Nokia's industry-leading mobile online game and community technology. The same technology that has been hosting connected games since the introduction of the core SNAP multiplayer technology on Sega® Dreamcast in 2000. They have also been hosting connected AAA games on PS2, N-Gage Arena™, and mobile phones.
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Wednesday March 29, 2006 - 08:21 PM
Nokia announced the launch of its new Forum Nokia PRO Games Zone, providing mobile developer companies seeking to tap into the $2.43 billion worldwide mobile gaming market with access to advanced knowledge and technical support in the development of games and entertainment for the growing mobile consumer market.
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Wednesday March 29, 2006 - 08:13 PM
N-Gage manufacturer Nokia announced today the launch of SNAP Mobile, a business solution that enables operators and publishers to create online communities for mobile Java games in days, rather than months. Operators who choose SNAP Mobile’s Starter Kit or Standard Package can have their users hosted on the SNAP Mobile Community, a full-featured, generic website, which creates an online gaming community almost instantly.
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Wednesday March 29, 2006 - 08:03 PM
Nokia unveiled a new software development kit (SDK) and consumer interface for its next generation mobile gaming platform. The new tools and consumer interface are designed to empower the mobile games industry to create high quality 3D mobile games for Nokia smartphones.
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Wednesday March 29, 2006 - 07:57 PM
Gamasutra has the scoop on Nokia's GDC Keynote last week:
"Their plan is to beef up their N-Gage arena content to work with Smartphones, very much mimicking the Xbox Live Arcade experience. You can have a gamer profile and avatar (or take your own picture with your cameraphone), and win N-Gage points (NGPs). Though he mentioned nothing of this during the keynote, many have guessed that Nokia plans to make N-Gage content downloadable to Smartphones in the relatively near future."
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Tuesday March 21, 2006 - 04:33 PM
The legacy of one of history's most popular strategy games continues on the N-Gage platform. Civilization, the classic empire-building strategy game from Atari, is now available for the N-Gage. Recognized as one of the greatest games of all time, fans of the franchise will now have the chance to revisit Civilization anytime, anywhere.
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Tuesday March 21, 2006 - 04:27 PM
Payload, the futuristic story-led combat racing game designed exclusively for the N-Gage platform, is scheduled to ship Spring 2006.
Payload for the N-Gage platform is a fast-paced combat action racing game where players use 'skims' to traverse exotic and deadly terrains on the Planet Ararat. 'Skims' are futuristic hovercraft bristling with weapons and, combined with a steady hand and lightning reflexes, are the primary tools of the Pitrunner. Players become Abel Harker, a Pitrunner who vies for the right to courier a precious crystalline fuel source called Furium, in a deadly race of death, destruction and mayhem against other Pitrunners. Pitrunning is a ruthless and cutthroat occupation
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Thursday March 16, 2006 - 05:48 PM
GameDaily has posted a review for the N-Gage title, Rifts: Promise of Power.
Seeing as how the popularity of the N-Gage is slowly dying down in the face of the company's rumored new platform, it's interesting to see it just now getting a great deal of games worth paying attention to. One of these games is Rifts: Promise of Power, which makes a faithful transition from the pen-and-paper era to digital gaming format.
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Thursday March 16, 2006 - 05:32 PM
After a 3 month hiatus we are back online and ready to continue with our semi-regular update schedule. Thank you to everyone who has emailed their support. :)