Archive for September, 2007

All About N-Gage has put up a profile-slash-interview of Nokia’s Scott Foe. It goes into his past accomplishments in the N-Gage program and then drops a few hints about Project White Rock.

White Rock is the as-yet-unrevealed next generation N-Gage game that was first mentioned at March’s GDC show and was also written up by Pocket Gamer (here).

A snippet from the piece:

Interviewing Scott Foe is comparable to reading a riveting novel where the final chapter has been taken out. As the producer behind the Project White Rock, the N-Gage title clouded in mystery, all he would tell me about the title is the aforementioned aliens, shotguns and rocket launchers comments. Make of that what you will.”

Also be sure to drop by the new Project White Rock forum.

Just a quick note today: We’ve added new forums for all of our announced next generation N-Gage games, and even one unannounced one too (Project White Rock). So drop by and tell us what you think of these upcoming games.

Also sorry about the lack of updates lately. Not only are we working like mad around here to get the next generation N-Gage website ready for our launch date, I’m also getting over a nasty bout of flu.

If you haven’t already done so, be sure to watch the webcasts from the recent London Go Play event. There are two webcasts available: one is the press conference and the second is a panel discussion.

The same page also includes links to downloadable press kits and presentations for you to enjoy.

All About Symbian’s new sister site, All About N-Gage, has put up a new article called “So, how is Next Gen N-Gage doing after the Go Play revelations?”

The article analyzes our recent next generation N-Gage announcements and makes a number of interesting and candid points regarding the games catalog, the hardware lineup, the controversy around retaining the N-Gage name, and the potential reach of N-Gage gaming in the months and years to come.

It was definitely written by someone who gets it.

A few snippets:

If Nokia can get just 10% of their existing customers to buy N-Gage games on a regular basis, the N-Gage brand’s reputation amongst console gamers will be completely irrelevant, because N-Gage alone will be outselling all console games put together….”

Perhaps one day soon, most commercial game sales will be phone game sales, in which case Nokia is doing exactly the right thing by pressing on with N-Gage and ignoring its console-obsessed critics.”

The only thing I would say that is incorrect is that Dogz is not a Nintendogs clone; the first game in the Dogz franchise was released for the PC waaaay back in 1995.

Go read the whole thing!