Vivendi's Crash Bandicoot heading to N-Gage

Nokia today announced that it is working with Vivendi Games Mobile to bring crash Bandicoot games to its next generation N-Gage gaming platform. Crash Bandicoot see you saving the world with a marsupial over a variety of levels with a mixture of action and comedy. Currently there is no information on which games will be coming to the platform or when.

Capcom declares support for Next Gen N-Gage platform

A joint statement from Nokia and Capcom today confirmed that Capcom would be publishing games on Nokia's upcoming Next Gen N-Gage platform. The platform is due to launch later this year across a range of existing and future S60 3rd Edition smartphones, and the first games from Capcom should appear in 2008.

I-play brings more casual games to N-Gage

Nokia today announced that games developer I-play will be delivering a number of games for the N-Gage platform. The first two titles to be released will be World Rally Championship and Super Mah Jong. I-play is set to concentrate on casual games providing games which are 'easy to play, but difficult to master with dip in and dip out playability'. Read on for details.

Digital Chocolate brings casual games to N-Gage

Digital Chocolate, a well known mobile games developer, will be publishing games for the next generation N-Gage platform. The first of these will be DChoc Cafe which has a virtual cafe around with a number of different casual (card, board, puzzle) games can be played. The games also features social elements with customisable characters, game recommendations and competitions.

Nokia talks Next Gen Arena

Nokia's head of games publishing Tomi Huttula has given an interview to GamesOnDeck.com about the next generation of the N-Gage Arena. An upgraded version of the Arena, Nokia's mobile online gaming service and community, is due to be at the heart of Nokia's Next Generation Gaming Platform. The platform is due to launch this September across a range of existing and future Nokia S60 3rd Edition smartphones. (via the Official N-Gage Blog)

The mysterious Project White Rock for N-Gage

Ikona, one of the big cheeses over at the N-Gage Arena, posted to the N-Gage Blog recently about an unannounced (first party?) game codenamed Project White Rock for Nokia's next gen gaming platform. Details were scarce, but it's being produced by Scott Foe, who produced the N-Gage's biggest hit Pocket Kingdom (which was the world's first mobile MMO). White Rock also appears to involve RedLynx, the Finnish developers who produced the N-Gage's most critically acclaimed game, Pathway To Glory, and another acclaimed title called High Seize. Ikona hinted that White Rock might be released for the PC as well as N-Gage.

Nokia reveals a bit more about Next Gen games

Nokia has issued a press release today revealing some of the first 3rd Party games due on the Next Gen N-Gage gaming platform: Asphalt 3, Brothers In Arms: Hell's Highway, Brain Challenge, Midnight Pool and FIFA 2008. Also, publishers Indiagames and THQ Wireless have now officially announced their support for the platform, joining Gameloft, EA and Glu Mobile. Nokia's Gregg Sauter is due to give a speech at the Game Developers Conference later today in San Francisco, where he will presumably give more details on this and other Next Gen gaming matters.

Sony to publish games on Nokia's Next Gen gaming platform?

An apparently genuine Nokia document contains some interesting details about their Next Gen gaming platform, which is due to launch across a range of Nokia smartphones in the first half of 2007. In the document is a list of publishers which it claims are working on content for the platform, and which surprisingly includes Sony. The document also gives some details about the distribution channels and development kits. (To find out more, click here...)

Nokia and EA team up on Mobile Gaming

Nokia and EA have announced an agreement that will see EA create games for both current and future Nokia phones. The agreement encompasses both Java Games, which will be distributed using Nokia's Content Discoverer, and Nokia's next generation gaming platform.