N-Gage.com Update
As previously advised, N-Gage First Access has now closed. We thank you for your participation, and to everybody who took the survey.
In the mean time, we have begun preparing for N-Gage Go Live. While we do this important work, some N-Gage functionality will be temporarily removed. There are a few key points to remember during this time:
1. Login, registration, and reserving a new N-Gage Player Name will be inactive during this time. Note that if you are currently logged into the Forums, you will be able to post for as long as your session lasts.
2. We are no longer supporting the pre-release version of the N-Gage application.
3. You can continue to play your games and game trials using the pre-release version of the N-Gage application. However we strongly encourage you to upgrade to the full release version of the N-Gage application and games once it becomes available. Don’t miss out on the fresh start!
4. The Player Name and password you created for First Access will not be valid for full rollout, unless they were the same as your existing Player Name and password on the Arena forums.
5. Game licenses you purchased during First Access will carry over into the commercial launch, but you will need to install the new version of the N-Gage application and re-install the games.
6. Saved games, Point Pickups, and N-Gage Points accrued will be reset, to give everyone a fresh start.
Because logging in to the Forums is down for this period, I will create a new Open Thread for you to discuss up until the point we are ready for Go Live. Today’s thread can begin right here.
Unfortunately because of the amount of spam our blog attracts, comment moderation will need to stay on, but we will approve the comment backlog more frequently.
Stay tuned!
March 27th, 2008 at 8:30 am
Good luck Team Arena, I hope everything goes smoothley!
March 27th, 2008 at 8:46 am
So? What do we have to wait now? Will u say? Is it going to be May?
March 27th, 2008 at 9:09 am
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March 27th, 2008 at 9:14 am
vora_bat - just sit tight, i don’t think there’s much more to go =)
March 27th, 2008 at 9:23 am
wake me up when its ready … zzzzz …
March 27th, 2008 at 9:42 am
okay, but its for today? this month? When can I get the real N-gage?
March 27th, 2008 at 9:50 am
When it’s ready is the simple answer Zukou
March 27th, 2008 at 10:24 am
wieju +1 )))))))
March 27th, 2008 at 10:43 am
Yes but I just want to know if this is for today.
March 27th, 2008 at 10:53 am
forums closed… so it really will not be a long time..
March 27th, 2008 at 10:56 am
Hope its quick - reckon this is gonna change mobile gaming!!! Good Luck.
March 27th, 2008 at 12:19 pm
oh, so THATS why I couldnt login! You should have put this up a bit earlier!
So, the final changes are being made. Cool! Hope they fix the bugs and add the missing features.
First Access was pretty fun, so I’m expecting N-Gage to be GREAT! (GR8!)
Hmm, I’m guessing the launch to be between march 31st and april 13th (2 weeks from monday). What are you guessing?
And don’t worry nubcakes, I’m calm now. I ranted last time cos I was a LITTLE stressed of life. :/
March 27th, 2008 at 1:22 pm
We hope that commercial launch will coming next week.
March 27th, 2008 at 1:34 pm
shadowspawn I thought you said today was the launch date for N-Gage. Remember, in that long obnoxious post of yours, you clearly stated IN ALL CAPS that March 27 is the launch date.
So is N-Gage launching today? I haven’t seen it yet, but it should be right? I’m just basing this on your comment in an earlier thread that said March 27 was the launch date. So it’s today, right?
It’s pretty exciting, isn’t it? What game are you going to play first? My friends say that it’s not launching today, but I bet them $50 that it is because shadowspawn said so. So when they all give me $50, I think I should give some to shadowspawn for the inside info.
I hope the full version is much better than First Access. It should be just a few hours now until we find out. shadowspawn promised us that it’s coming out today, so don’t worry everyone. I’m sure it will be. We just have to believe.
Maybe I just can’t find the download page. shadowspawn, can you let us know the link to download the full version of the N-Gage app? You know, the one that launched today? I can’t find it, so maybe you can help me out a bit here. Thanks in advance.
Even if I have to stay up past my bedtime until 11:59pm, I will. Cuz I want to be the first one to try out the new launch of N-Gage today. It’s so exciting!
March 27th, 2008 at 2:16 pm
Sweet, now the real countdown begins!
And my guess is that the application will launch sometime during either the second or third week of April. That should be enough time to justify a “few weeks” ^^
First game I’mma purchase is System Rush: Evolution and if Snakes Subsonic shows up as well (since there’s a chance that Nokia will add 1-2 titles) then I’ll probably fetch that one too since I had such a blast with the previous game.
March 27th, 2008 at 10:51 pm
i can’t download games on n-gage.com…
March 27th, 2008 at 10:58 pm
jajaja! next week it is
March 27th, 2008 at 11:10 pm
So now it’s up to the old guessing game.
OK! My guess is we’ll get the application during this weekend or beggining next week.
About the “next few weeks” I think they didn’t want to give us anything specific.
Here’s hoping!
Radu
March 27th, 2008 at 11:16 pm
love
March 27th, 2008 at 11:52 pm
Why I believe it’c coming in the next few (3-4) days:
Nokia wouldn’t have discontinued First Acces without a good reason. The reason might be that they finished combing the program, modifying it, debugging it.
So what I think is left to do is to implement the program, connect it to the Arena servers and prepare it for world-wide download (also the reason why thay stoped the forums). Things that should take only a couple of days. Normally you don’t take a server down and than start to update the program. You only do it when the program is ready.
I do hope my logic is sound and the explanation easy to read.
Radu
March 28th, 2008 at 12:59 am
şanlıurfa Türkiye
March 28th, 2008 at 1:15 am
play and download n-gage
March 28th, 2008 at 1:22 am
well carl, we all make mistakes and false assumptions.
usually when any beta ends (IE an online game) they do the commercial launch on the same day. guess Nokia doesnt work that way.
and what, you got offended by stranger over the internet? get over it!
the rant was cos i had a bad week and i was sick of everything. especially the repetetive whines of “wai nut ngaga b 0n teh 5700/n70/whatever.”
Also, I was sick of all the spam the blog attracts, like the 3rd comment on this blog.
but its all cool now, i have rested, calmed down and taken my pills. (pills are a figure of speech)
My guess: N-Gage will launch within the next 17 days. (NOTE: GUESS!)
March 28th, 2008 at 1:52 am
Why is n81 expensive than psp? In my country, for the price of one n81,, i can buy two psp’s and still save some money.
March 28th, 2008 at 2:18 am
I’m wandering ONE: Who’s next?
when will games be out?
March 28th, 2008 at 2:29 am
mmmm i hope new version is coming up soon..
March 28th, 2008 at 4:09 am
then that means that after that all i have to install n-gage application again - but that will be new n-gage application? and plus re-install games and buy again?:(:(:(
March 28th, 2008 at 4:59 am
Folks, before we carry on, I’m going to say this, because I’m tired of seeing banter of you “said it was out on this” etc etc.
We need to drop it, forget it, and just look forward to the games we are going to be able to play. The sooner we get on with that, the better games we’ll have in multiplayer mode once it’s launched.
I don’t want to go back to the forums once they re-enable log-in, to find everyone fighting amongst themselves. Past is past. So let’s forget past quabbles. Carl, Shadow had apologised for his rant previous, but can you blame him? Some people are excitable, and can jump to conclusions - as you stay here longer, you get to know people better, and can make better decisions for yourself. I’ve been here since the QD came out and we’ve been waiting this long for the app to come out - it’s great to finally see the progress.
But there is one thing Carl, that i think you need to stop doing yourself, and I will say this very politely, but when you make posts like that above, you are antagonising people, and provoke a response. You know Shadowspawns posts by now, so why not just ignore them, and stop provoking a response?
Thank you very much for your time for those who chose to read this post.
March 28th, 2008 at 6:41 am
Well…There goes our hard earned Forst Access n-gage points and scores in games we had for the past 2 months =(
I really can’t wait for the ‘N-gage Go Live’ to be launched. I am straight away going to get the FIFA 2008 and ONE, cuz they are the nicest games so far i have seen.
I will tell my friends that N-Gage is coming out in mid-April (latest I hope) who uses N73 phones, and maybe I can thrash them in those games as N73 phones lag alot :p.
March 28th, 2008 at 8:58 am
@djpryme123 — You and everyone else will want to install the new version of the N-Gage application once it’s available. You will also need to reinstall your games, but you will not have to pay for them again.
@eldopher — Are you bagging on my Nokia N81 8GB multimedia computer?
March 28th, 2008 at 9:05 am
@eldopher, probable because the N81 is a cell-phone (in case you haven’t noticed) ^^ I can enumerate a ton of phone models that are more expensive than both the PSP and DS
Dunno why you’re even comparing them like that, heh…
March 28th, 2008 at 9:08 am
whats the finally date of launcht(date exactly please…..)
regards
March 28th, 2008 at 9:19 am
no date but i like what Radu said. Not a bad thought..
March 28th, 2008 at 10:36 am
ikona himself )))
March 28th, 2008 at 10:52 am
@DJ_Marco: Can’t be more specific, sorry
March 28th, 2008 at 10:57 am
Still not out? I’ll check back tomorrow - fingers crossed!!!
March 28th, 2008 at 11:32 am
First access points: 2465
I’m looking forward to a mental few days aiming for 1000 club on the games I own.
Race for the System Rush 1000 points club? First fish finder owner in CotD?
As they say in Celebrity Death Match: “Lets get it on!”
Peace out
L
March 28th, 2008 at 11:49 am
is it out yet :o) lol. I cant wait to get back to my fishing. Nokia should give some free t shirts or mugs away to the first person who gets 1000000 xp. I could do with some of them.
March 28th, 2008 at 1:05 pm
hi 0phil0! i finished the costa rica - 100%, Alaska - 100%, Loch Ness - 100% and i stopped playin. I made the 100 000+ score in costa rica only. Then i was wondering how people do the scores like 1 000 000 or more.. anchor fishing?? for me its not interesting anymore when i make the 100% of single map.. only stupid quests like: “bring me the 90kg of A.Pompano” LoL - its boriiiiiiiing to fish 2 days for one spieces etc. Im sorry for this offtopic comment but forums closed.. U kno..
BUt tell me - how? boring fishing without any goals? just to get the highest score ever (zzzz) ? … can’t wait to start again 
March 28th, 2008 at 1:30 pm
You’re not off-topic Wieju, feel free to talk as much as you want on the comment threads.
I’ll try to approve comments regularly throughout the weekend.
March 28th, 2008 at 2:45 pm
I have a feeling that the n-gage app will become available in the 1st of April…
A goooooood feeling!!!Prety good
March 28th, 2008 at 2:52 pm
@c4r105, try again in a few weeks rather than tomorrow
March 28th, 2008 at 2:53 pm
This has actually done me a favour, I need to get some serious studying done over the next few weeks….and how the hell do I study when there’s n-gaging to be done?
See yall at the finish line. X
March 28th, 2008 at 8:18 pm
Its about time we had an update!
March 29th, 2008 at 2:31 am
hi wieju. How to get a million xp :o) i dont know if i can give my secrets away lol errm lots of fishing lol. When i get back to the number 1 spot on the high score rankings i will let you know.
March 29th, 2008 at 2:57 am
wieju in costa rica i managed to get 1053099 xp, level 32 fishing god. Alaska i got 174935 xp level 25. Scotland i got 225008 xp level 29. And thailand i got 252713 xp level 30. All the game done, completed 177 quests, record fish 8720kg thats a very big fish :o) total play time errm think i will keep that to my self or everyone will think i am hooked on creatures of the deep lol its a lot of hours.
March 29th, 2008 at 4:03 am
Hmm, wonder if we get ONE on the launch? Really like how it looks.
And Mile High Pinball ruled on theold devices, and since we’re getting it for free, would be fun to get it on the same day as the launch!
And I agree with DK, leave all past quarrels behind people.
March 29th, 2008 at 6:18 am
I seriously slowed down my playing on all games towards the end of first access, but i loved every moment of it! I really didn’t think the points were going to make any difference to my experience, but they are so addictive! I can’t wait til arena is back, and with so many new players, there should be more victims - i mean players - around on system rush. No more hanging around in ranked!
Peace out
L
March 29th, 2008 at 6:51 am
and when n-gage come to n82
March 29th, 2008 at 9:36 am
Please ikona, tell us how much we have to wait until n-gage go live appears. Days, weeks, or more than a month?
March 29th, 2008 at 10:56 am
I hope the final COTD rankings involve more than the overall weight of fish caught! Because it really does get boring when you’ve caught everything…..if it’s just going to be a matter of going to costa rica and catching a few hundred whale sharks, I wont be interested! I’m hoping for online tournys. If I were to choose a God like status, it would NOT be god of fishing. hehe!
March 29th, 2008 at 12:32 pm
me pueden decir xq no puedo entrar en en los juegos de n-gage
March 29th, 2008 at 4:22 pm
Will Nokia give a free activation code for N73 owner for their patient
March 29th, 2008 at 4:38 pm
Will i can buy the games with my operators charge in indonesia . And will nokia give N73 owner a free activation code for a n-gage game
March 30th, 2008 at 2:46 am
It can’t be long to wait now - must just be putting the finishing touches and ironing out bugs - reckon this week is the week - hopefully tomorrow? An ETA would be nice!
March 30th, 2008 at 1:13 pm
i m from iraq and i dont have any game
March 31st, 2008 at 7:52 am
ngage
March 31st, 2008 at 11:38 pm
hello
April 1st, 2008 at 12:56 am
i want to play fifa08
April 4th, 2008 at 10:04 am
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