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Nokia announced a line-up of games at the E3 Expo last week. Among the launch titles for their Next-Gen platform launching in the first quarter of 2007 was Creatures Of The Deep , a fishing game with online play and stellar graphics. Until the announcement we were expecting the game to appear sometime in the 1st quarter of 2007 but now the game has its own message board in the "Upcoming Games" section of the N-Gage Arena Forums.

We're still confused about what platform the game will be released on , we'll give you more news about the game as we get it.

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 Nokia have posted a new message on the e3 section of www.n-gage.com. There are no solid details of any sort but this does show that Nokia will be there and will definately have something to show, hopefully the next generation handsets. Head on over to http://www.n-gage.com/e3/ to read the message. We have typed it below for our lazier readers,

"Stay tuned for E3 2006!

We'll be posting a new E3 site when the show opens on May 10th, 2006. Come back then and check out our announcements, new games, and daily blogs from this year's N-Gage booth!" 

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Racing fans are getting revved up over the upcoming game Payload, an exclusive N-Gage title that lets you race against smart A.I. opponents or against three of your closest friends in the same room, wirelessly.

N-Gage.com sat down with Nokia producer Andy Mazurek on what we can expect from this fast and furious handheld driving game. We also hear from John Szoke, a game developer at Melbourne, Australia-based Tantalus Interactive.

Click here to read the interview!

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 San Jose, CA, 20 March 2006 – Nokia today unveiled a new software development kit (SDK) and consumer interface for its next generation mobile gaming platform. The new tools and consumer interface are designed to empower the mobile games industry to create high quality 3D mobile games for Nokia smartphones.

"Our new SDK contains familiar tools for developers, making it easy to focus on doing what they do best – creating great mobile games," said Gregg Sauter, Director, Games Publishing, Nokia. "Our platform lets developers put their games in millions of pockets worldwide and these new tools ensure developers can get on board to take advantage of this fantastic business opportunity."

Nokia also showcased its next generation mobile gaming consumer interface, showing how consumers can easily discover, purchase, play, manage and share the best mobile games.

"With our new consumer interface, you get quick access to new games and information, it's easy to buy and manage your games, and share game accomplishments with your friends. You can play fantastic looking games for a great overall entertainment experience in your pocket. This new consumer interface is going to transform the way people find and play mobile games," continued Sauter.

The new developer tools include Game Development Libraries, based on C++ programming libraries, which will be available across multiple devices. The Game Development Libraries can be updated on the devices for resolving compatibility issues, and adding new features, including industry standard DRM solutions for content protection with minimal integration. Developers can also take advantage of the real-time connected gaming and community features enabled by the N-Gage Arena.

Nokia provides a professional development environment with debugging and analyzing tools such as on target real-time debugging and profiling over USB. Developers also have access to world class developer support through the new Forum Nokia PRO Games Zone launched today.

Nokia's next generation mobile games platform is expected to launch in the first half of 2007, with a range of titles and devices.

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 After the release of games such as High Seize and Pathway To Glory, Nokia had come to know that the N-Gage community demanded games with head to head online play. Nokia's biggest title for 2005, "One", was supposed to have a unique online system which was what really built hype around the title. This feature was cancelled a few days before the release of the game. Capcom's "Catan" suffered a similar fate as the Head to Head online play was cancelled a couple of days before it shipped. Warhammer: Glory In Death was one of the most anticipated titles for the console until yesterday when the "feature list" on the game's official page changed from having online play over the Arena to having only high-score uploading. Along with the disappearance of "Spirits" which was supposed to be released on the N-Gage platform sometime this year, it seems as though Nokia is trying to drive away N-Gage loyalists. It's a shame that Nokia would do this to N-Gage fans who have been with the handheld since its launch in 2003.

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We've recently been in contact with someone from Nokia was at this year's CEbit exhibition and according to him, Spirits is still "very" much under development. He said that he had nothing to do with the arena and the "Spirits" forums but he said that the game would definately be released and had not been cancelled.

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We have recieved written confirmation from Activate,the developers of HinterWars that the Beta-Phase of the game has ended and that it will be going commercial on the 1st of April. Subscription costs and packages have not been announced yet and there have been no updates on the official website, www.hinterwars.com.

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Work has begun on a weekly NNN podcast. We have arranged interviews with the arena's most talked about players, we might even interview a person heavily involved in the development of Pathway To Glory: Ikusa Islands if the response to the podcast is positive. Keep checking the site for more information.

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Jadestone's MMO game for the N-Gage has vanished from the N-Gage website. The official forums have been removed and the game's page has been deleted? What's wrong? We've got no word from Jadestone but are trying to find out more as the news comes in. If this game has actually been cancelled, Nokia will have disappointed a huge number of faithful N-Gagers looking forward to the game.

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ROUTE 66 Mobile Britain 2005 turns your N-Gage QD phone into a powerful navigation system with house number accuracy, turn-by-turn voice instructions and on-screen directions! You can automatically download up-to-date traffic information from the ROUTE 66 internet site via a GPRS connection to your mobile phone, even when you are on the road.

Buy It Here >>

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From what they've told Business Week it seems as though Jadestone are working on a number of MMO titles for the N-Gage Gamedeck. They have also said that their current project, "Spirits" will be on two platforms, the N-Gage and the PC much like Activate's HinterWars.

Click here for the full article>>

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We were overwhelmed by the amount of entries we received for the Christmas giveaway and really want to thank you all for entering.We would also like to give a big thanks to the people over at Babel Media ( www.babelmedia.com) who provided us with the prizes.The winners are as follows;

1st Prize : Benji Robertson

2nd Prize: Felix Wong

3rd Prize: Emil Smith

All winners are requested to e-mail their prefered mailing addresses to contests@ngagenewsnetwork.com by the 25th of January.

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