Previously announced as Space Shooter, this MMOG will allow gamers to form alliances with other players, to outwit the alien enemy, rather than playing against themselves.
There will be a live moderator, coordinating the action and providing updates on attacks and suggestions on the direction of the game.
The game is expected Q1 2006.
Nokia have released a downloadable demo of ONE, the 3D fighting game for the n-gage at n-gage.com :
The demo will allow gamers a taste of the title without giving away all of its secrets. With access to two locations (New York and Hong Kong) they can try out a selection of fighting moves against seven enemies in single player mode.
M:Metrics report that, in a recent survey, 3% of phone users download a mobile game each month, equating to 5,331,000 downloads. This compares with 15,669,000 downloaded ringtones (8.7%) and nearly 58 million who use text messaging.
Search technology comes to the camera phone by way of sophisticated image recognition techniques, which would allow advertisers to interact with their intended audience.
By having their intended audience snap a picture of an image in the advert and send it to the advertiser, they can reply with specific content, say a ringtone or mp3 download, or movie trailer.
The potential for Massive Multiplayer Mobile Gaming applications are not difficult to see; create a mobile game around your advertising and you have a self perpetuating viral marketing opportunity.
Can Microsoft Score in Mobile Gaming? Microsoft, who to date have outsourced their mobile games titles to third party developers are lining up to make a significant impact on the phone games market.
Their plans include offering top notch games in their own right, but more importantly by linking mobile content with XBox games.
You can imagine playing chess on your mobile phone — it has a certain look to it — but your opponent is actually on the Xbox and is seeing much more advanced, three-dimensional graphics and sounds.
Taking this a step further, their vision is to extend the playability of XBox and PC games with mobile micro modules. Design a battle unit, or spec up a race car on your phone and then set them in motion in the full game when you get back home.
They have some catching up to do, but no one could argue they don’t have the resources to throw at the task.
Blue Star Mobile, the AIM listed content developer has posted their half year results and show a loss of £115,000 on £1.2 m sales, reduced from £155,000 this time last year.
The company produces content for third party clients, such as the Sun and the BRIT awards and seem well poised to tap into this growing market, providing an outsourced solution for other similar companies. Their shares rose 1.75p to 12p
Nokia have announced three new N Series phones, the most exciting looking of these being the N92, with a built in DVB-H receiver (Digital Video Broadcast, the H standing for Handheld). This will enable viewing and recording of live TV, at any time.
The device will have a 2.8″ QVGA screen with 16 million colours.
Two new games from Nokia hit the shops, both for the N-Gage.
From their press release:
Rifts: Promise of Power allows players to explore the Rifts universe in real time as they venture through the post apocalyptic remains of Germany, North America, Scotland, China and Quebec. During their quests gamers will have the chance to engage in turn based combat against 50 + fearsome enemies using over 100 weapons, spells and psionics
There is a free 6 hour long demo available (not bad value!) .
The second game, X-Men(TM) Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse is another action RPG, where you can control teams of Super Heroes and Villains. Both single and multi player game play is incorporated into the game.