It was supposed to be released in December 2007, but it was delayed as Nokia's team were making sure the service ran 'smoothly'. Nokia used the tagline Get out and play to promote the platform.
The N-Gage gaming service in its final form was finally announced by Nokia on 29 August 2007. On 27 August 2007, Nokia confirmed a previously leaked N-Gage logo is the official logo for the upcoming service. Nokia showed off previews of the service at the 2007 Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, California. In February 2007, Nokia announced a pilot service in Finland to promote the upcoming service. They also started showing off next-gen titles such as System Rush: Evolution and Hooked On: Creatures of the Deep, with the fighting game ONE perhaps being the most visually impressive-even making use of motion capture. Working behind closed doors, it took a little more than a year before, at E3 2006, finally announcing the N-Gage mobile gaming service, set for a 2007 release. It was often nicknamed as N-Gage Next Generation by the public. Instead of developing a new gaming device, there was a change in concept as Nokia explained to the world during E3 2005 that they were planning to put a N-Gage platform on several smartphone devices, rather than releasing a specific device (although their N XpressMusic models with its two dedicated gaming-buttons next to the screen is being marketed as a phone built for gaming). Nokia's N-Gage gaming smartphone from 2003 did not perform as well as expected, and its upgraded QD version didn't improve it either. Games can still be played on compatible devices, but the service and online features are no longer functional after it ceased in September 2010. Nokia moved its games onto their Ovi Store thereafter. A total of 49 games were released for it. Some reasons cited for its failure are its bad development model, marketing, and success of Apple's App Store. Īfter less than two years on 30 October 2009, Nokia announced that no new N-Gage games would be produced. Due to memory issues, hinted in an interview in February 2008, support for the Nokia N73, N93 and N93i was cancelled. It takes its name from the original 2003 N-Gage gaming device, which it succeeded. N-Gage provided numerous games with 3D graphics into an application featuring online (via N-Gage Arena) and social features. The N-Gage service (also referred to as N-Gage 2.0) was a mobile gaming platform from Nokia that was available for several Nokia smartphones running on S60 ( Symbian). An official promotional image during the 29 August 2007 announcement: The N-Gage application home screen (right) and a game being played (left) on a Nokia N81.
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