Planting N-Gage seeds on non N-Gage devices

GLOBAL – As the N-Gage platform gradually evolves, with more devices becoming compatible with the service (the N78 and 6210 navigator earned their N-Gage wings last week), it’s interesting to see an N-Gage game emerge that embraces non N-Gage handsets. The game in question, is a curious upcoming title called Yamake, and what particularly stands out about this cutesy game is that N-Gage players can share levels and aspects of the game with friends with S60 3rd edition devices that don’t support the N-Gage platform.

INTERNATIONAL – We don’t often dip our toe in the N-Gage gaming pond here on Conversations, but a new game has lured us into the deep end. It’s called Reset Generation, and it’s shifting the boundaries of conventional multiplayer gaming. See, this is a new breed of game that enables players to go head-to-head online via their Nokia handset against challengers playing on a PC. Read on…