While the majority of N-Gage Users looked on the announcement of Kevin Siembeida’s RPG system coming to a Finnish phone near you as just another title, the dedicated Rifts fans were dancing in the streets with the news that it was finally becoming a computer game after twenty years. And the industry quietly wondered just what Psionic skills Nokia had employed to get the franchise. I sat down with Kevin Siembeida, along with Creative Director Trent Ward from Backbone, and Shane Neville from Nokia, the Producer of Rifts. You can read the interview here, or listen in to the interview over at The Mobiles Podcast.
Christopher is still out to crack the mystery of Atlantis Redux, and you can find out how he's getting on in his review of part 3 of the graphical adventure game.
If the Nseries devices are to bring the latest multimedia technologies and smartphone functionalities together, then the obvious gap of gaming needs to be filled. So where does this leave Nokia’s other N-xxx device, the N-Gage? There’s going to be a lot of eyes at E3 – the biggest gaming conference in the world – at the end of May - thanks to today's announcement.
Looking a bit like Gauntlet, but with a bundle of RPG action and adventure is "The Roots: Gates of Chaos." Due out late summer on the N-Gage, Ewan takes a look at the current build to preview what could be the greatest RPG yet on the N-Gage.
Splinter Cell - when the Playstations had the 3D fun, the first N-Gage title got an interesting platform adventure. Now, with Splinter cell: Chaos Theory, Gameloft have taken their 3D Engine and brought a lovely looking Sam Fisher adventure to the N-Gage. But graphics alone do not make the complete game. Looking beyond the eye candy, Ewan reviews Chaos Theory to find out if the hype is worth it.
When an N-Gage Game is announced in mid-2004, you'd expect it to be a Christmas title. Well we're still waiting for Glimmerati, the long advertsed "Glamour Racing Game" for the N-Gage. Is it going to be worth the wait? Ewan caught up with Jussi Laakonen from Bugbear to find out more about this plot driven driving game. Read his Interview/Preview here.
Chris Rydberg reviews The Journey (pt 1) and discovers one of the most innovative ways of playing an adventure game for many a year. With the game world interacting with your world, The Journey is the nature and the name of this award winning title.
Fathammer launched the Series 60 version of Super Drop Mania last week, and since then (as promised) Ewan's been fighting gravity to bring you the first review of Super Drop Mania. Have we another classic puzzle game here? Could be!
Gerard Wiener, the boss of Nokia's Games division and effectively the head of N-Gage, spoke for over an hour in the chatroom on N-Gage.com today. As you'd expect, there were record numbers of N-Gagers present and he was asked a lot of questions on a very wide range of topics, from N-Gage 2 to an expanded Arena online service, from tour buses in Northern Ireland to customer service in Pakistan. Read on to find out more...
Although it was announced some time ago, EB Games will soon become the first retailer to stock the N-Gage QD for $99 (€77 or £52) on their website (and presumably in their physical stores too). It has a release date of the 16th of April. Unlike previous special offers where you had to sign up for a phone service, it appears that this time $99 really is the price of the QD. You go into the shop with $99, you come out with a QD and nothing else to pay, ever.
Gerard Wiener, the head of Nokia's Games division and effectively the boss of N-Gage, is going to participate in an online chat on Thursday the 7th of April. Anyone can attend, you can find out more details by clicking here.
Fathammer (in conjunction wth Ninai Games), have announced Super Drop Mania, a mix of Tetris and Columns for the Series 60 platform. 100 levels, annoyingly addictive music, and good gameplay means any review of this from Ewan is going to have to wait till he gets through all the levels!
