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Nokia selling mobile games from web Download Store

Includes nifty-looking motion-sensing game

Nokia selling mobile games from web Download Store
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If you've got a recent Nokia handset, you might have found and used the Download application, which lets you buy games and other apps direct from your mobile.

Well, Nokia has just launched a web version, called the Nokia Download Store. It asks for your country, handset and operator details, then serves up a list of apps for download.

They don't go direct to your handset, unfortunately. Instead, the Symbian files are downloaded to your computer, to be sideloaded onto your phone from there.

Games are included, although so far only three appear to be available. 3D Racing and Crocodile Pool are fun-looking racing and action titles, respectively.

The third, Marble Revolution 2, is an nice-looking motion-sensing game, where you tilt and shake your phone to move a marble through a series of 3D mazes, complete with Bluetooth multiplayer.

All the games are offered on a 'Try for Free' basis, although it's unclear whether that means you'll be prompted to pay from within the game itself.

We wonder if N-Gage games will become part of the Download Store, or whether Nokia will prefer to distribute them through the N-Gage website only, once it gets web distribution up and running for its games platform.

Watch this space.

Stuart Dredge
Stuart Dredge
Stuart is a freelance journalist and blogger who's been getting paid to write stuff since 1998. In that time, he's focused on topics ranging from Sega's Dreamcast console to robots. That's what you call versatility. (Or a short attention span.)