The exact nature of Nokia’s next-gen N-Gage efforts still aren’t entirely clear, but at least we know we’ll be able to get our mahjong on. Nokia has announced a partnership with mobile game purveyor I-play to offer a full range of “casual” games to the N-Gage platform starting this fall. Interestingly, this announcement seems totally unrelated to the Shockwave Mini deal that was also recently inked — so by all appearances, Nokia’s putting a lot of weight behind its entertainment offerings over the next few months. There’s no mention of how exactly the games will be delivered, though it’s a safe bet that the upcoming N-Gage download client will play a role. Expect I-play’s offerings to focus on — as they call it — “one-thumb” gaming experiences that make it easy to catch a quick game on the bus to work without having to get too involved. Just don’t go trying World Rally Championship while you’re driving, k?
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Shockwave, purveyor of its “Shockwave Mini” games to Verizon handsets in these parts, has entered an agreement with Nokia to offer some of its mobile entertainment through portals in Europe and Asia. Though it’s not clear whether the games will eventually be bundled with phones (Nokia’s own Snake in its various forms will always be near and dear to our hearts), it looks like the initial offerings will come through the manufacturer’s Content Discoverer app. A quick game of Sumo Swinger, anyone?
Raise a cheer, Google coder extraordinaire “kaisersoze” has a little gaming treat in store for us all, MAME — retro, we know, but we love old school gaming and so should you. Hot on the heels of games like Doom and an NES emulator, the Google Code “sdl-mame-project” will let iPhone gamers revisit all of their favorites from decades ago. Of course, every great story has a happy sad ending and, in this case, that story is there are no binaries yet — but the source is there if you are inspired to compile it up. While Pacman and Q*Bert run well, performance is apparently weak in other titles, so we’ll simply cross our fingers and hope for rockin’ speeds from one of our favorites, Ghosts ‘n Goblins.[Via Engadget Japan]
