Revamped N-Gage Service Suffers Fresh Delay
Date: Friday, December 21 @ 11:07:36 UTC
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Nokia has announced a fresh delay to its revamped N-Gage First Access platform, which was originally scheduled to go live in November.

In early November Nokia told Next-Gen that a delay in software testing meant that the launch would be pushed back to December. Nokia looked true to its word when a statement popped up on the N-Gage official blog last Thursday announcing that Nokia N81 and N81 8GB owners would have “exclusive access to the pre-release version of the N-Gage application and one or more N-Gage games” by the end of this week.


However, a new post reveals that the service has been pushed back to 2008. "We know all of you are eager to get started with N-Gage First Access, and we are just as eager to get it into your hands and start hearing your feedback. Unfortunately, as can sometimes happen in software development, unexpected difficulties can occur. We have been doing an internal run with more than 1,000 global testers this week, and during this process we uncovered an issue we feel we need to address.

"Overall, the games and service are working smoothly, but because of this issue, we feel we could not release N-Gage First Access before the holidays as planned.

“As we work on a solution, we will continue to polish the overall experience, ready more games for N-Gage First Access, carry on our extensive internal testing over the holidays, and prepare for the new year and the new wave of mobile play.”

The reworked N-Gage operation, which Nokia says represents a shift in “focus from a dedicated game phone to a gaming service”, will focus solely on a digital distribution model, allowing users to try all N-Gage games for free from any compatible Nokia device before downloading full titles to such devices and PCs.

Major publishers are already lined up to back the service. EA is set to offer titles including FIFA 08 and Tiger Woods PGA Tour while Vivendi, Capcom and I-play are also on board.

News-Source: Next-Gen







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