N-Gage platform nearing relaunch; pre-release available on Nokia N81

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N-Gage platform nearing relaunch; pre-release available on Nokia N81

13 Comments by Scott Jon Siegel Dec 18th 2007 8:45PM
Filed under: Wireless, Online, Mobile



They've certainly been taking their time with it, but Nokia is finally just about ready to re-launch the N-Gage gaming platform for mobile phones... kinda. This week, a pre-release version of the service will become available to owners of the Nokia N81 phone, along with at least one game title available for download.

The revamped N-Gage service offers a consistent platform for mobile gaming, with features like profiles, friends lists, achievements, play history, and others seemingly "appropriated" from Microsoft's Xbox Live service.

Nokia has not been more specific as to when the pre-release service will launch for the N81. The full service is also expected to start sometime this month, but Nokia has also not been more specific with this time-frame either.