How N-Gage can really take on iPhone for gaming
A wishlist for Nokia's next mobile gaming moves
Late next month, Nokia is holding its Nokia Games Summit in Rome, focusing on all its mobile gaming activities, including N-Gage.
It should serve to kick off the second stage of the new N-Gage platform, with announcements and details of Nokia's strategy going forward - and particularly its plans to seize the mobile gaming limelight back from Apple's iPhone.
Over on PocketGamer.biz, we've been speculating about what Nokia should and might announce in Rome.
In the 'shoulds' list, there's restating the importance of mobile gaming to Nokia as a company, announcing some proper stats about N-Gage's popularity, unveiling a new batch of N-Gage games, and explain when and how touch, tilt and GPS will be incorporated into the platform's SDK.
Oh, and give more details on what exactly augmented reality means for mobile gaming, and put N73 and N93 owners out of their misery and either launch the N-Gage client for both handsets, or can it.
What about the 'mights' though? We've speculated that Nokia may launch its rumoured 'Comes With Games' initiative, reveal a new direction for its SNAP Mobile connected platform, do something interesting with ad-funded games, announce a dedicated gaming handset, or rollout N-Gage to some non-Nokia phones.
Check out the full article for our reasoning on all the above points, and let us know your views on the future for N-Gage by posting a comment!
