NGS: Nokia Games Summit Kicks Off With New Games

Published by congested on October 29th, 2008 in Asphalt 4: Elite Racing, Boom Blox, Dance Fabulous, FIFA 2009, Monopoly, News, Nokia Games Summit, Pandemonium, Spore, The Sims 3, Tiger woods PGA Tour, Tomb Raider Underworld

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The city of Rome hosts the Nokia Games Summit, which kicked off today with exciting news and game announcements and confirming Nokia’s commitment to the N-Gage gaming platform.

Speaking to the state of N-Gage today is Tero Ojanperä, executive vice president and head of the Nokia entertainment and communities business. He gave some interesting details, as well about which countries are the most active.

“With the N-Gage service now live for six months, we have a truly global service on offer with sales transactions in over 130 countries and tens of millions of N-Gage compatible devices available,” said . “The most active players reside in the United Kingdom, Italy, Germany, Australia and Spain, but we’ve seen active players worldwide with repeat purchase rates over 35% globally. Game trials have also proved to be important, with download to purchase conversions up to 30%.”

The summit runs through tomorrow, October 30, and we are expecting lots of news and announcements.

I’ll be posting summaries of the announcements and links to press write-ups right here on the blog, so you can follow along at home. Here’s what’s been announced so far:

* Dance Fabulous by Nokia

* EA SPORTS FIFA 09 by EA Mobile

* MONOPOLY Here & Now by EA Mobile

* Spore Origins by EA Mobile

* Boom Blox by EA Mobile

* Need for Speed Undercover by EA Mobile

* The Sims 3 by EA Mobile

* Tiger Woods PGA Tour by EA Mobile

* Tomb Raider Underworld by EA Mobile in partnership with Eidos

* Pandemonium by EA Mobile in partnership with Eidos

* Asphalt 4: Elite Racing by Gameloft

* Real Football 2009 by Gameloft

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