N-Gage games expand to multiple smartphone lines

Posted by: Kurt Uhlir at June 6, 2005 8:06:24 PM

Its plan is to make it easier to find, buy and play high-quality 3D mobile games using a range of devices.

It is set to release the first smartphones which will work with its N-Gage titles early next year, and new games will be announced later in 2005.

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"With the N-Gage platform, we've been able to deliver a superior gaming experience to mobile gamers, but only on a small range of devices.

"Now we want to expand rich, connected mobile gaming across the Nokia smartphone range."

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Nokia said it expected to sell an estimated 25 million smartphones in 2005. More than 250 million of them are expected to have been sold by 2008.

Mr Wiener said the plan to expand the N-Gage platform, and its gaming community called N-Gage Arena, was also part of its effort to promote mobile gaming generally now that phones had much improved processing and graphics technology in them.

The games for the smartphones will eventually be playable on memory cards and they will be downloadable wirelessly or via a computer.

The move does not mean Nokia is dumping the N-Gage as a gaming handset, however. It said it plans to release a limited-edition silver model.

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