Noumena's Magic Game Station system for Series 60 has another new release in Fatal Gear. Make what's left of theworld safe in you Battle-Mech suit, five initial missions, and highly polished 3d graphics.
Christopher reviews Golf PRO Contest for the N-Gage and all Series 60 smartphones and finds it enjoyable and challenging, despite somewhat limited gameplay.
Christopher reviews Lock 'n Load - Rise of War for N-Gage and all Series 60 smartphones and finds it cutting edge for the smartphone but rather lacking when measured against modern expectation.
N-Gage Inside? Now that’s probably going to raise the eyebrows of Intel if they did decide to go for that slogan (not that they are, I’ve just made it up), but that’s essentially what the Nokia N-gage announcement at E3 has boiled down. While all the indications were for a new N-Gage type phone, what Nokia have done is make two big leaps.
Nokia today released a demo video of the Next Generation graphics (apparently on a par with the PlayStation Portable) available for a new wave of Nokia Symbian smartphones due to start appearing in the first half of 2006. This is effectively the N-Gage 2 that everyone had been waiting for, but instead of being on a single unit it'll be an armada of Next Generation Nokia smartphones. The Next Gen games (details of which will be announced in September) will be part of the "Nokia Mobile Gaming Solution" which will also allow the purchase and download of N-Gage 2 and current N-Gage games onto these new smartphones over the internet, straight onto the phone or via a PC.
Just in from E3 is Nokia's N-gage announcemnt. It's not the next N-Gage phone, but a change of direction for the the N-Gage. Essentially N-Gage will become a "feature" of a number of Nokia Smartphones. More Smartphones supporting the "Mobile Gaming Solution" will be available before the middle of 2006. We'll have more thoughts and reactions on this later. For now, here's the Press Release.
We heard rumours about it for some time. All About N-Gage has now heard from several sources at Nokia that a new phone which will belong to the recently unveiled Nseries will be putting in an appearance on the N-Gage stand at the E3 Games Expo in Los Angeles next week.
Asteroids, Battlezone, Missile Command, Red Baron... names from the dawn of time of arcade gaming. And now, with Atari Masterpieces, they're coming to the N-Gage! 8 classic games (along with three Atari 2600 games to unlock) should mean this title, due September 2005, is going to be eagerly awaited by the old school gamers. Screenshots and details in the Atari entry in the MMC Games Database.
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.
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.
