Published by Rafe Blandford at 20:16 BST, May 2nd 2008
Further details of of Project White Rock, the much anticipated N-Gage game, have started to leak out ahead of tonight's event. Pocket Gamer and Develop (who both cite Edge as their source) are reporting that the game is titled Reset Generation and will be available on both N-Gage and on the web. The game is turn based and uses spoofed classic game characters. There's a twist though - these characters and other game assets will be customisable. This brings a user generated content element to the game which should mean it has a longer life cycle that typical mobile games.
Obviously we haven't got much to go on yet, but keep your eye on All About N-Gage and well do our best to keep you up to date.
The resetgeneration.com domain name was registered by Nokia in April last year, but there's nothing at the site yet.
Here's a quote (from the Develop story) from Reset Generation's supremo Scott Foe commenting on how the user generated content gives the game a longer shelf life :
"There's no seasonality in mobile games - mom won't wrap one up for you for Christmas," Foe told Edge. "And there's no shelf space needed, so we're looking at an 18-month or three-year sales cycle."
"We didn't just want to do another game, we wanted to make something that matters. 3D games are perishable.
"Reset Generation is meant to be imperishable, so it's the way you're enjoying it that will change. We mean for this to be he highest production value mobile title ever. We mean to shatter expectations. We mean to put the flag on the summit."
Pocket Gamer (sourced from Edge)
Develop (sourced from Edge)
Categories: Games
Platforms: N-Gage, S60 3rd Edition, N-Gage