Nokia have just unveiled a new first party virtual pet simulator, Creebies, for the upcoming Next Gen N-Gage platform. To find out more, head on over to All About N-Gage. Also noteworthy in the press release is that Nokia describes N-Gage as available for "Nokia Nseries and other S60 3rd Edition devices", although they haven't yet revealed exactly which non-Nseries models will support the platform.
In the second part of a Friday game double-bill, Attila Katona reviews Robo, also for (nearly) every Symbian OS platform known to man. It's a level-based puzzler in isometric 3D and Robo is really rather good in its cute, pixellated way.
With a veil of secrecy around it that rivals the darkness of Apple’s PR department, Project White Rock, the multiplayer experience for N-Gage due out mid 2008 has had good feedback from the testers (according to this report on Pocket Gamer). If the testing team, who get the 'most repetitive job in the world' award want more, then this bodes well for Nokia.
The Next Gen N-Gage platform is due to go live some time in November, so we still have a fair while to wait until our gaming main course arrives. However, to whet our appetites, All About N-Gage has been serving up some Next Gen hors d'oeuvres, looking at the best S60 games that are compatible with Next Gen N-Gage phones and are available right now.
Smartphones Show 42 just went live, with video from the Go:Play event, featuring the Nokia N95 8GB, the N81, N-Gage gaming and the Nokia Music Store. Plus tips for GPS-equipped smartphones and my own rundown of the top 5 most desirable smartphones in the world. Read on for links and other information.
All About Symbian's sister site All About N-Gage is back and bringing you all the game-related news coming out of today's huge Go Play launch event by Nokia in London! Head on over there right now to see the revamped site, which is ready to inform you about all the developments with the Next Generation of N-Gage games on S60 3rd Edition smartphones.
If you've owned a Nokia E70, N95 or N93, or a Sony Ericsson P990i, the chances are that, at some point, you've had a 'Memory' error, usually in the context of 'Low memory' or 'Out of memory'. In this How to, I explain the cause of 'Memory' errors, discuss ways to avoid them and point out a silver lining.
Good news and bad news. The bad news is that I think we'll be seeing a bit less of Krisse on AAS in the next few months. The good news is that Krisse is the driving force behind our sister site, All About N-Gage (RSS feed available here), with a terrific lead article on the really important points behind Nokia's N-Gage relaunch and the implications of it not being dependent on specific hardware, shops or operators.