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MobileBurn.com: Nokia announces death of N-Gage mobile gaming 7 years after its birth
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Read between the lines:http://blog.n-gage.com/archive/mobile-gaming-evolves-%E2%80%93-ovi-store-is-here/ 25 days ago |
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Nokia dégomme la Ngage... même pas mal... enfin si... un peu... (larmes de crocodile :) ) http://tinyurl.com/yk966n3 #nokia #ngage 11/4/2009 |
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Mobile gaming evolves – Ovi Store is here, NGAGE close http://tinyurl.com/yk966n3 11/3/2009 |
Nokia announces death of N-Gage mobile gaming 7 years after its birth
MobileBurn.com —
Nokia has announced that it is shutting down its N-Gage gaming platform now that it is offering so many games through its Ovi Store. The company has said that current N-Gage games will be still be available for purchase trough the end of September, 2010. N-Gage community features like N-Gage Arena will be closed at the end of 2010, and Nokia has said that it will try to implement similar functionality in the Ovi Store. The N-Gage platform, Nokia's first foray into mobile gaming that started in 2002 ...
Admitting Defeat, Nokia To Pull Plug On N-Gage Games Platform
mocoNews —
... ) is shutting down N-Gage, its beleaguered on-deck mobile games service. The company will still sell N-Gage games through the end of September 2010, and players will still be able to interact via the N-Gage Arena, but after that the service will go dark. In the meantime, the company will focus on funneling gamers through to its Ovi Store. More to come. ...
BREAKING: Nokia to kill N-Gage in September 2010
IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis —
... platform is going to die in less than a year. Games will now be sold through the Ovi Store, which on face value makes sense, giving consumers a single location to purchase applications, whether that be a new alarm clock, or Super Monkey Ball, but all the community features that many of you have come to love will be gone. Stuff like high scores, messaging, and keeping up with your friends in the N-Gage Arena, that stuff is gone.
If you’re an N-Gage addict, make sure you read the complete blog post to get the details on what’s changing and when.
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Nokia mata N-Gage y a comprar juegos en Ovi Store
Celularis —
... A ver, el movimiento era lógico, pero se da luego de millones de dólares de inversión en desarrollo de producto y de marketing; y ahora veremos si paga la idea de juntar todo lo que sea desarrollo para Symbian en Symbian Horizon y empujar la venta en 5 marcas en vez de sólo en N-Gage… veremos si la inversión paga porque, al fin del día todo se decanta en la voluntad de los desarrolladores.
Y el anuncio oficial con un poco más de datos en el blog oficial de N-Gage ...
Nokia will say goodbye to N-Gage in 2010
Unwired View —
... mobile gaming platform will end its life sooner than everyone has probably thought. Nokia has just announced that N-Gage.com and the N-Gage Arena will stop being operational after 2010, while N-Gage games will be available for purchase until September 2010 only. ...
Nokia announces the end of its N-Gage gaming platform
Engadget Mobile —
... Nokia announces the end of its N-Gage gaming platform originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
Nokia announces the end of its N-Gage gaming platform
Engadget —
... Filed under: Cellphones, Gaming Nokia announces the end of its N-Gage gaming platform originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
N-Gage: A Eulogy
MobHappy —
Pause for a moment and shed a tear for the Nokia N-Gage. This monumental device, which brought sidetalking to the world, as well as a portrait-oriented screen for gaming, evolved into the N-Gage platform (no, we didn’t quite get that, either) — and now it’s being taken behind the shed and put out of its misery. Or, as the N-Gage blog puts it, it’s being “evolved” into Nokia’s Ovi services.
In remembrance of so many good times, I may pull out my N-Gage QD from the Carlo Longino Haul of Mobile Handset History and use it today. Or not. But in either case, I’d like to pay tribute to N-Gage with a reading ...
iPhone kills N-Gage by proxy
The Inquisitr » Technology —
Nokia announced an and to the N-Gage mobile gaming service, with plans to roll the Nokia gaming service into the company’s app store.
Nokia launched N-Gage in August 2003 to lure gamers away from the Game Boy Advance. The original device was met with mixed reception due to it being “meh” on both the “as a phone” and “as a handheld gaming device” fronts. From 2005-2008, Nokia shifted the focus from a gaming device to a platform, and rolled out game-playing capabilities for smartphones.
If the concept had a hard time sticking before that, the iPhone seems to have killed off N-Gage for keeps. Nokia ...
Nokia announces the death of the N-Gage
Joystiq —
... This is going to come as a huge shock to you, but Nokia has announced that it's no longer supporting the N-Gage platform. It's just -- we never expected something like this to happen, to tell you the truth. For all intents and purposes, it ...
Nokia Gives Up on N-Gage Mobile Gaming Phone
Mashable! —
... Today, Nokia announced that it is ending the N-Gage line of phones and games, instead opting to push forward its gaming agenda via the Ovi app store. ...
It's The N-d Of The Line For N-Gage [N-Gage]
Kotaku —
... platform turned mobile games service down for good. Nokia will not publish any new games for the N-Gage platform, according to a notice published on its blog, and it will not ship any new devices with the application pre-installed. Interested potential N-Gage buyers can still buy existing device with the app, but don't expect anything shiny or new to bear the N-Gage name. The N-Gage Arena will remain operational through 2010, but the N-Gage store will close in September of next year. Mobile gaming evolves – Ovi Store is here [N-Gage Blog] Send an email to Michael McWhertor, ...
Nokia Ovi Store Absorbs N-Gage Service
infoSync World —
... titles to date. The Ovi Store is supported by more than 100 Nokia devices in more than 180 countries, and a move towards making it easier for Nokia users to purchase apps and games. A centralized system for promotion of content has proved to be effective for Apple's App Store, and Nokia's Ovi Store is currently going down that road. More information can be found here .
Nokia finally kills off N-Gage gaming platform
Techradar - All the latest technology news —
... The announcement came on Friday on the official N-Gage Blog, headlined "Mobile gaming evolves – Ovi Store is here", a post which was really all about the demise of the six-year-old N-Gage brand. ...
Nokia Calls Time On N-Gage
Edge Online - Interactive Entertainment Today —
... will be the new central place for all the mobile games that Nokia and other publishers offer from this point forward. Nokia added that N-Gage games will continue to work on N-Gage compatible mobile devices following the phase out but that community features won t be functional after 2010. N-Gage Arena will remain in operation throughout 2010 and players can keep posting their high scores until then. We understand that people value the ability to manage their games and communicate about them, and we are working on offering such community elements through Ovi. Games publishers ...
Nokia to shut down N-Gage (again)
Tech Ticker —
... 2010. Nokia announced to end its platform because Ovi Store handles all the software requirements of Nokia devices and the games too, will be sold in the same store.
As for N-Gage, Nokia won’t publish any new games (all games will be available at the Ovi Store) but users can purchase existing games from them until the end of September 2010. After the stipulated period, Nokia will not only stop selling games but also plug off the N-Gage Arena and other community features.
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iPhone App Builders for Dummies
dailywireless.org —
... Meanwhile, Nokia is dropping their N-Gage platform. It first appeared as dedicated devices in 2003, then resurrected as a platform for multiple handsets in 2008, but it’s never quite performed as a serious handheld contender. ...
¿Qué pasará cuando Nokia cierre N-Gage en 2010?
Celularis —
... como nos contó Mariano y la verdad es que los usuarios de la comunidad quedaron decepcionados por más que era un movimiento que se esperaba ya que hace rato vienen con la idea de “mover los servicios de Nokia bajo el paraguas de Ovi”. En el blog oficial se encargan de responder esas preguntas que todos nos estamos haciendo ahora: ...
Shed No Tears For N-Gage Games, They’re Not Long For This World
TechCrunch —
... . Nokia announced that they will be closing down the service at the end of September 2010. About four hardcore fans protested mildly in the N-Gage blog as the rest of the world yawned. Seems like N-Gage was a project doomed to fail. Who was the target audience again? Oh who cares. ...
