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28 new games added to Ovi Store
Another new batch of games has appeared in Ovi Store, the full list is below. (Incidentally, if anyone from Nokia is reading this, could you please take a look at the Ovi Store servers and find out why some games are constantly appearing and disappearing!) Anyway, on with the new games, you can see them listed below in alphabetical order. Most of the new games seem to be from the publisher Playfon, who are apparently making their Ovi Store debut.
Dance Fabulous launch date confirmed, trailer and official website unveiled, book month's free rental now
The official N-Gage blog has confirmed that the N-Gage-exclusive first party music game Dance Fabulous will be released on the 11th of June, and has unveiled both the official trailer and the official Dance Fabulous website. Interestingly the website promotes the upcoming 5730 XpressMusic, which is an unusual music-oriented version of the very popular E75 QWERTY smartphone. You can see the official trailer embedded below, along with some earlier videos about the game. On top of all that, you can now reserve a free 30 day rental of Dance Fabulous by going to this mobile website on your N-Gage-compatible phone: nokia.mobi/dancefabulous
All About N-Gage regenerates into Ovi Gaming...
Some of you may have noticed a new name and logo on this site and wondered where All About N-Gage has gone. Don't worry, we're still here, we're the same people doing the site, but we've adopted a new name! Ovi Gaming is going to cover all the usual N-Gage reviews, news and previews it always has done, but from now on it will also cover Ovi Store games from Nokia's soon-to-launch content shop service. Both N-Gage and Ovi Store are a part of Nokia's online services brand Ovi, so we felt a good name to cover games from both would be "Ovi Gaming". If you have any questions or feedback please leave them in the comments thread below.
Nokia Developer Summit: Ovi Store to sell N-Gage games alongside Symbian S60, Java J2ME and Flash Lite titles too
The Nokia Developer Summit in Monaco has included a string of announcements related to Nokia's upcoming content shop Ovi Store, including the news that all N-Gage games will be sold through the store alongside S60, Java and Flash Lite games. You can see photos of Ovi Store in action below.
Nokia Developer Summit: First Yamake in-game screenshots
The first proper in-game screenshots of Nokia's upcoming Yamake make-your-own-game title have appeared at the Nokia Developer Summit in Monaco. You can see them below.
Worms World Party is out now on N-Gage
After much delay, the most anticipated third party N-Gage game Worms World Party is out now on the N-Gage platform. The centrepiece of WWP is of course its online multiplayer mode for up to four players, and it becomes the first third party game to offer such a mode on N-Gage. To download WWP, go to your phone's N-Gage application, go to the Showroom tab, select "Options" and then "Update Now", or alternatively you can find it in the "All Games" section. The official trailer is below, you can see screenshots on AAN's WWP game page, and you can see a list of N-Gage-compatible phones on the AAN FAQ page.
Nokia E75 starts shipping
According to a Nokia press release, the E75 QWERTY sliderphone is now making its way into shops, and may even be available already in some areas. As mentioned in previous stories, the E75 features Symbian S60 3rd Edition FP2, a 2.4 inch QVGA screen, side-sliding QWERTY keyboard, GPS, 3.2 megapixel autofocus camera, 3.5G HSDPA and Wi-Fi support. It's also the first Eseries device to be compatible with the N-Gage platform. The full release is below.
Real Football 2009 now available on N-Gage
Gameloft's soccer simulator Real Football 2009 has been released on the N-Gage platform. Just go to the application's Showroom tab, select "Options" and then "Update Now", and it's also available in the "All Games" section. As always, a list of current and upcoming N-Gage compatible phones can be found on the AAN FAQ page.
AAS Podcast #121: Nokia at the Game Developers Conference
In a GDC-inspired AAS podcast special, Ewan sits down with Jakko Kaidesoja (Nokia's VP of Games, Services and Software) to discuss the current status of the N-Gage ecosystem. It's a wide-ranging discussion and there's a LOT of meat in here, despite it only clocking in at 16 minutes - a must-listen for anyone remotely interested in N-Gage.
Nokia at GDC: "We're working on Reset Generation for Linux and Macintosh"
More news from the GDC in San Francisco via AAN's on-the-spot reporter Ewan Spence: apparently Nokia's Mark Ollila announced that they're bringing Reset Generation as a free web-based game to Linux and Macintosh computers. The current free web-based version only works with Windows PCs, but hopefully soon we'll all be able to drop our blocks...
