Nokia N-Gage 2.0 Has Been Released

Nokia N-Gage 2.0 has finally been released, and can be downloaded from N-Gage’s official website.

There are five games available for the moment: System Rush: Evolution, Brain Challenge, Asphalt 3: Street Rules, Hook On: Creatures of the Deep and World Series of Poker: Pro Challenge. There will be more games available in the N-Gage gaming platform, such as the smash-hit Fifa 2008, the 3D ONE, the hilarious Worms World Party, The Sims 2: Pets, Brothers in Arms, Midnight Pool, Dogz, Space Impact Kappa Base and so on.

Nokia N-Gage 2.0 is compatible with the Nokia N81, Nokia N81 8GB, Nokia N82, Nokia N95 and Nokia N95 8GB for the moment, and will soon be compatible with N73, N93, N93i and N96.
[via softpedia]

Mobile Games DIY – Nokia N-Gage Yamake

Nokia Games Publishing recently announced Yamake for N-Gage. It allows users to create their own mini games with their personal content, including text, images, sound clips and movies. Users can play and share these games via the N-Gage Arena, the Yamake community or via multimedia messages between N-Gage compatible devices and other S60 handsets.

“Yamake is a groundbreaking new game for the N-Gage platform. Players can make, play and share games that are customized using user-generated multimedia content, and we are proud to be pioneering this new way of playing,” said Dr. Mark Ollila, Director of Technology and Strategy and Head of Games Publishing, Nokia. “This is exactly what the future of mobile gaming should be about – creating games that you love and want to play, then sharing them with other players.”
[via Nokia press release & softpedia]

Nokia delayed the launch of N-Gage First Access

Nokia admitted in its official N-Gage blog that the launch of the online gaming platform N-Gage First Access will be delayed due to an “unexpected” issue exposed in an internal test.

Nokia didn’t elaborate much further about the issue, but said that the games and the service were “working smoothly”.