Mobile Raditude, the first ever mobile gaming competition that will allow gamers to compete wirelessly in a skill-based competition, began last week across the United States. The tournament is exclusive to Activision's Tony Hawk's Pro Skater for the N-Gage game deck. By challenging and beating posted scores, gamers will increase their overall points standings and ranking on the tournament ladder. Prizes such as an N-Gage skateboard and other cool gear will be awarded to the Top 10 each month. The tournament will run through February.

"The Mobile Raditude tournament will showcase N-Gage's exclusive wireless gaming capabilities and allow bragging rights to reign supreme," said Paul Whitaker, N-Gage Arena Manager for the Americas region. "Tony Hawk's Pro Skater is an outstanding game to launch the first mobile competition and showcase the anytime, anywhere power of N-Gage Arena."

Available globally, the N-Gage(TM) Arena is home to a worldwide virtual community of gamers, to share their experiences and to find other players for mobile online fun. Some of the key launch features of the N-Gage(TM) Arena include: cheats (downloads that boost the characters abilities or help the player out of a sticky situation), game clips (gamer records a game sequence and uploads it for other players to view), Shadow Gaming (gamer posts a "shadow" of his/her character, which other players can contest), strategy guides and walk-throughs (game recordings to demonstrate how a game challenge is solved), high score posting, as well as two-player gaming in a live situation. All of these N-Gage(TM) Arena services take place in a mobile environment allowing gamers, immediate access that only N-Gage can provide.

To take part in Mobile Raditude, gamers can visit http://arena.n-gage.com/ raditude to register for the tournament and be eligible to win the monthly prizes. N-Gage(TM) Arena will allow N-Gage users to create a unique Player ID on their device in order to access online functions of the various games with wireless Arena services. Players can enter the tournament at any time but can win more prizes by competing more often and for a longer period of time.

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