Nokia Announces Eight New N-Gage Titles for 2004 - 2005

May 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Nokia today announced eight new titles for its N-Gage platform. Ranging in genres from driving and sports to strategy and role-playing, these eight titles increase the N-Gage portfolio of offerings for customers, as well as show the advanced technology and benefits of the N-Gage Arena and mobile multiplayer features. The N-Gage Arena is the worldwide online community for mobile gamers in which members communicate and compete against one another across the globe. The eight new titles are: Civilization, DRIV3R, FIFA 2005, King of Fighters, Glimmerati, Rifts, SSX Out of Bounds and Xanadu Next.

"The past six months have been a crucial time of education for Nokia -- in terms of platform and content," said Ilkka Raiskinen, Senior Vice President, Games Business Unit, Nokia. "As a result, we are amplifying our content by forming stronger relationships with industry publishers and independent game developers, as well as developing and publishing titles in-house. Our strong 2004-2005 line-up ranges in genres and offerings, and effectively shows the capabilities of mobile online technology and the N-Gage Arena."

The new titles and details about the games were announced at a press conference held in Los Angeles earlier today.

• DRIV3R, the award-winning 3d action driving game from Atari.
• Civilization, Sid Meier's strategy masterpiece from Atari.
• FIFA 2005, EA Sport's most authentic soccer experience with special N-Gage features.
• SSX Out of Bounds, EA's adrenaline-rushing fantasy snowboarding game with nine original tracks for the N-Gage platform
• Rifts, The highly acclaimed role-playing game from Kevin Siembieda keeps the Rifts experience and adds an original storyline, co- operative multiplayer features via Bluetooth, and head-to-head combat over N-Gage Arena.
• King of Fighters, The first N-Gage fighting game from Hudson Soft that lets gamers compete for the ultimate fighting title.
• Xanadu Next, the legendary role-playing game with 3D action from Falcom.
• Glimmerati, the ultimate glam driving experience from Nokia.

Source: Nokia Corporation