Nokia Kills N-Gage Service

Nokia has revealed that it will stop with its N-Gage platform next year. The service was launched including hardware back in 2003 with a “taco-shaped” gaming phone. A few years later Nokia rolled out N-Gage gaming abilities to N-series products, the N-Gage Arena community and a series of innovative games, including Creatures Of The Deep, Reset Generation and ONE.

Mark Ollila, director of X-Media solutions, media and games at Nokia, explained to ME; “We are not releasing any more games on N-Gage, although the store – the ability to buy N-Gage games – will remain open until at least September 2010, and the N-Gage service will run through to the end of 2010. The message is that Ovi Store is the place to find and purchase mobile games. It’s our one-stop shop for games.”

[Via Mobile-ent.biz]