Nokia have recently announced the end of their gaming platform, the NGage. Instead, the OVI store will be used as the gaming platform.

“We’ve been busy evolving our mobile gaming service and building up the portfolio of games in OVI Store. Currently, we have more than a thousand games available in OVI Store supported by 100 Nokia device models and are growing the platform and portfolio as quickly as possible.

If you haven’t checked out OVI Store lately, we suggest you stop by store.ovi.com/games for the latest mobile games for your Nokia device.”

The NGage games can be purchased online upto 2010 and the site and NGage Arena will remain online throughout 2010. It is likely that a replacement for NGage Arena will be developed through OVI. The purchased NGage games will continue to work even after 2010 but you will not be able to use the community services.

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Sony Ericsson has announced two new mobile phones, the Yari and the Aino.

Let us have a look at the Yari first. It’s features at a glance are:

2.4″ 262k Colour Screen with QVGA resolution, 5MP Camera (Autofocus,LED Flash, Geo-tagging, face detection, image stabilizer) and QVGA Video Recording, GPS, GPRS, EDGE, HSDPA, 60MB memory with micro-SD card slot etc.

In addition to these features, it also has motion-based gaming as it is mainly a gaming handset and it also has loads of other features.

Now onto the Sony Ericsson Aino. This is a more interesting device since it is more feature packed.

The Aino features a 3.0″ 16Million colour Touchscreen Display with a resolution of 240*432, 8MP Camera (Autofocus, LED Flash, Touch focus, geo-tagging, face detection, image stabilizer, smart contrast, red-eye reduction, videocalling), GPS, Wi-Fi etc.

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We’ll we already told you about Oxicash and that N-Gage is LIVE in India

You can buy games in the following manner.

• Rupees 49 for a 1 day pass
• Rupees 149 for a 7 day pass
• Rupees 299 for a full license

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We will soon show you How-To get N-Gage’d at a local Nokia Store.

The posts will concern outlets in Chandigarh, Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Bangalore, but the process would basically be the same whereever you live in India, as long as you have a Nokia priority store nearby. We’ll have pictures and all the info you’d need on how to get N-Gage vouchers and get N-Gage’d.

Stay tuned for more

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Nokia N-Gage is a part of Nokia’s internet services brand Ovi and brings alive a made-for-mobile gaming service to provide consumers the power to tailor and personalize the internet experience. N-Gage initially brings a catalogue of 30 exceptional titles developed by leading global as well as Indian publishers such as EA Mobile, Gameloft, Glu Mobile and India Games, in addition to Nokia Games Publishing.

With N-Gage, thousands of Nokia device owners in India can now discover high-quality made-for-mobile games using the N-Gage mobile application on their N-Gage compatible devices or on the online N-Gage showrooms (www.n-gage.com), accessed directly from their mobile devices.

With the N-Gage application on their devices, people can connect with other e-players through the N-Gage Arena community, discuss topics via live chats and message boards, and participate in tournaments and hosted events. They can create a Friends List, send and receive private messages, and take part in instant messaging style chat. N-Gage Points can be earned for playing games and participating in community activities. Moreover, the experience can also take place via the N-Gage web portal on the PC, where players can interact seamlessly with the N-Gage community or purchase new games and download them to their N-Gage compatible devices.

“With N-Gage, Nokia is looking at redefining the gaming experience for consumers in India as well as creating a strong and collaborative ecosystem so as to catalyze the market for mobile gaming. We are aiming to provide a holistic consumer experience, be it in terms of discovery and access, top quality content, billing flexibility and innovative devices and accessories,” shared Mr. Vineet Taneja, Director Marketing, Nokia India.

Pricing:

Another unique aspect of N-Gage is the flexibility it allows consumers to try every game before they decide to purchase them. N-Gage games in India are priced between INR 49 – 299 (inclusive of taxes) depending on the type of the game and the validity.

Via: Nokia.com

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The great thing about this is that you can get Original N-gage games at a very affordable price

For example you can rent a game for a day, week or grab a full version .

I tried purchasing a 1 day pass for the Asphalt 3 Racing game shown above

Once the purchase is complete , the activation code will be sent to you.

You need to have a oxicash account for the same.

The N-Gage compatible phones are

E75, N78,N96, N79, N85,5320 XpressMusic, N81, N95, 6210 Navigator, N81 8GB, N95 8GB, N82

Will you buy a genuine version of the n-gage games for your phone ?

Head over to oxicash if you are willing to shell out some cash !

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for the consumers it has provided the UI which provides a great gaming experience.

chk out the video below which shows asphalt – a 3d racing game by gameloft for the iphone

The silver award winner Fishlabs was given the award in accord of the development of premium 3D titles such as Powerboat challenge and Rally Master Pro. Also, the company has made relationship with gamers through the provision of mobile gaming community, myFISHLABS.

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BMW Mini’s financial arm has launched “Mini Liquid Assets,” a mobile game available for download at no charge from the iTunes App store.

“Mini Liquid Assets” is an interactive game modelled after the traditional encased water jet games, infused with the Mini brand and intuitive controls that take advantage of the iPhone and iPod touch user interface. BMW’s Mini hopes to increase brand awareness among Apple’s coveted demographic using the application.

The car

Manipulating the face buttons on either side of the screen, players use streams of water—accompanied by bubble sound effects and music—to avoid obstacles and guide their precious coins into the safety and comfort of their beloved Minis.

Compatible with any iPhone or iPod touch with operating system version 2.0, the application was designed by Nickel Fish Design LLC.

“We want to make financing fun, and with Mini, it’s only natural to capture the brand spirit and bring it alive in a game format,” said Tom Stepanchak, general manager of marketing for Mini Financial Services, Woodcliff Lake, NJ.

“Our branding is there but it’s very subtle,” Stepanchak said. “We don’t need to force-feed the audience a message. Our goal is to create compelling content that will pull in consumers.

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7Seas Technologies launched the beta version of its new mobile gaming portal mobizill.com.

On mobizill.com, users can publish, convert and share content with friends via both web and mobile devices. It offers a collection of mobile content such as games, ring tones, wallpapers, videos, themes and software, which can be optimized for mobile phones.

Users can also send unlimited free SMSes and submit their own messages within India.

Using the WAP Locker feature, users can store and download content directly to mobiles just by surfing through the mobile devices to ‘m.mobizill.com’. Every user is allotted 2 GB of free storage space.

Mobizill.com can be accessed from any mobile device through  m.mobizill.com  and  wap.mobizill.com.  To get started, you just have to either register online or through mobile phones.

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Neil Young, a former executive in EA games has quit from his job and started a new Gaming company, Ngmoco.

Young adds that the mobile gaming industry “has been stagnant for a few years. I feel the iPhone is a real opportunity to change that industry.’”
Young rose to fame at Electronics Arts as the development executive responsible for the millions-sold success of the titles like “Lord Of The Rings” and “Sims 2.” After working on EA’s next big-hit, “Spore,” Young left the company to start Ngmoco.

Ngmoco will make and publish games for the iPhone, pushing the iconic Apple handset as a gaming platform poised to redefine the industry. Young looks at the iPhone 3G and the AppStore as perfect platforms to give mobile gaming the boost that the industry has so badly needed for the past few years.
Hope to see some challenging and really awesome games from Neil and his team

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Hands-On Mobile, Inc., the world’s leading developer of connected games and applications, and Marvel Entertainment, Inc., announced the availability of a mobile game and personalization content around the big-screen adaptation of The Incredible Hulk. The game and content are currently available on select carriers worldwide.This coincides with the release of the movie with the same title.

In the mobile game, players take on the role of the titular super hero and hurl cars at enemies, scale cityscapes, dodge precision missiles, and battle The Abomination. In addition to featuring fully interactive and destructible environments, The Incredible Hulk re-creates scenes from the movies which players can smash through.

If all that smashing becomes tiring you can switch back to Hulks alter ego Bruce Banner and solve intriguing puzzles and other tasks.

The game is currently available for US market but will soon be available with Indian operators.

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