People who miss the absent of N-Gage, Nokia's arm in gaming phone form, now can use Nokia N81 (and its 8 GB variant) to play their favorite games. Those handsets will have exclusive access to the pre-release version of the N-Gage application and one or more N-Gage games. The release is scheduled this December 20. Hopefully more Nokia line ups to be included to the list. Source: official site

Posted by Amir Karimuddin on December 19th, 2007 3 Comments »

SteamIron, claimed to be the true Real Time Strategy (RTS) mobile games, will be launched next January 2008 for Korean market. The game will feature multiplayer RTS game for 3G handsets, short and fast-pace game session, and real time 1-vs-1. It is created by Singaporean based studio, Mikoishi. Source: Official Site via the Final Home

Posted by Amir Karimuddin on December 14th, 2007 No Comments »

Games software manufacturer, Electronic Arts (EA), reported that its mobile phone games sales outperform the PS3 games selling. Xbox 360 is still its biggest revenue winner, weighing in at a whopping $218 million, while mobile phone gaming came in at $37 million and its lamentable PS3 efforts on snapped it a paltry $17 million.

Posted by Amir Karimuddin on November 29th, 2007 No Comments »

Smackall, a leading mobile entertainment solution provider announces the release of massively multi-player online game (MMOG) available on selected Java-enabled mobile phones through the SMNA Technology. The game is played on a board with 7 columns and 6 rows, which is placed in a vertical position. The players have 21 discs each, distinguished by color. The players take turns in dropping discs in one of the non-full columns. The disc then occupies the lowest unoccupied square on that column. A player wins by placing four of their own discs consecutively in a line (row, column or diagonal), which ends the game. The game ends in a draw if the board is filled completely without any player winning. Strategy ...

Posted by Budi Putra on July 14th, 2006 No Comments »

Jakarta -- Ozura Sdn Bhd has via PT Nextnation Prisma, both subsidiaries of Malaysian public listed Nextnation Communication Berhad, in partnership with, Indosat Tbk, one of the leading telecommunication providers in Indonesia, recently announces the launch of the first mobile gaming community in Indonesia - GameWar. Indosat mobile subscribers will be the first to enjoy the benefits of GameWar to experience the new technology. GameWar is a gaming community where mobile users are able to download games, compete in game tournaments and win redemption points which can be used in GameWar’s virtual gift shop. Users are also able to interact with one another via GameWar’s club and blog functions as well as the multiplayer games ...

Posted by Budi Putra on July 10th, 2006 No Comments »

How the future of mobile game in the era of 3G services? Mobile game developers must find ways to build in the technology’s capabilities, says Artificial Life. Creativity and innovation will play important role to conquer this challenge. 3G opens up myriad opportunities for mobile games, and it’s a shame that few developers are taking advantage of it. The overwhelming majority of them are content to develop single-thumb apps, which are bundled free on handsets, and offer little opportunity for revenue generation through product placement or service usage. Such games, which typically take one developer a few days to develop out of his home PC, are squandering the vast possibilities that 3G offers, says Eberhard Schoneburg, chairman and CEO of Artificial Life, a ...

Posted by Budi Putra on June 23rd, 2006 No Comments »

N-Gage owners get easy access to games through www.n-gage.com/gameshop Today, Nokia launched its first global digital retail distribution channel for N-Gage games. N-Gage owners can now trial, purchase and download popular N-Gage games like Pathway to Glory and Mile High Pinball from www.n-gage.com/gameshop. To access N-Gage content, N-Gage owners simply browse the online catalogs to see what is available and then download their choices to a PC. With a compatible memory card reader and memory card, game files can then be installed to the N-Gage game deck. The price of games ranges from 19.99 to 29.99 euros per game and purchases can be made directly using a credit card. [3G!]

Posted by Budi Putra on June 6th, 2006 2 Comments »