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Dirk Dagger now available on N-Gage
The N-Gage platform's first ever adventure game Dirk Dagger And The Fallen Idol is now available to download through the N-Gage application. If you can't see it in the app's showroom, click on "Options" and then "Update Now". If you still can't see it, click on "Available Games".
Reset Generation now on Facebook and Google Gadgets
You can now play the excellent N-Gage multiplayer title Reset Generation for free through Facebook (click here to visit the game's Facebook page) and Google Gadgets (click here to visit the game's Google Gadgets page). You can also put it on your own website or blog for free by copying the HTML code included below, and of course you can play it on your phone through the N-Gage application. All versions of the game share the same game world, so it should be very easy to find opponents.
"It's hot, it's steamy, and we're talking about mobile gaming."
This may sound like a spoof listing from TV Go Home, but it's absolutely true: Nokia presents a series of short videos aimed at mobile game developers, this week featuring Miikka Skaffari, Head of Developer Product Management. Episode 1 sees host Arnold Faber quizzing Miikka about the N-Gage platform's new development tools, APIs and SDK. In a sauna.
Bounce Boing Voyage now available on N-Gage
You wait weeks for new N-Gage games and then they all come at once! Nokia's first party game Bounce Boing Voyage, a 3D remake of the classic embedded Bounce games, is now available in the N-Gage application's showroom (if you can't see it select Options and then Update Now). You can watch the rather amusing official trailer by visiting the Bounce Boing Voyage game page on All About N-Gage. UPDATE: All About N-Gage has now published a review of Bounce.
How to put the full version of Reset Generation on your own blog or website
Nokia's arguably missed a trick by not promoting Reset Generation's embedding ability, which lets you put the entire full game (including multiplayer online) on your own blog or site using a tiny bit of HTML code. You can find out how to embed the game by clicking on this item's headline, and if you've already embedded the game you might want to post a link to your site in the comments thread.
Reset Generation out now on N-Gage and PC
The long-awaited online multiplayer puzzle/strategy game Reset Generation is now available from the N-Gage application's showroom (use the "Update Now" option if you can't see it). UPDATE: The PC version has also now launched, you can play it through your browser for free on All About N-Gage (Windows only, but it works with both Firefox and IE). The PC version is identical to the N-Gage version, including online multiplayer.
Reset Generation demo open to everyone
The single-player demo of Reset Generation (previously only available to Fileplanet subscribers) is now available to everyone, click here to play it through your PC web browser. The full version of the game, which is possibly launching on PC and N-Gage next week, will also include a multiplayer online mode and the ability to embed the game in your own blog or website.
N-Gage Feedback Forum launches, tell Nokia exactly what you want fixed on N-Gage
Nokia's opened a new site called N-Gage Feedback Forum, which lets you submit ideas and feedback, and vote on other people's submissions too, all in a Digg-style interface. It's hosted by the consumer feedback company UserVoice, and it should be very interesting as long as Nokia does actually respond to the points raised. The top suggestion right now concerns the continuing lack of N93/N73 support...
Brothers In Arms storms onto N-Gage, but how good is it?
Ride across the river with All About N-Gage's Ewan Spence as he takes a far away look at Gameloft's latest trick Brothers In Arms. The review starts with a very direct editorial about the idiocy of having a demo that lasts 20 seconds, though the full game is much longer of course and apparently it's great fun. Is it money for nothing, or is the game too strong?
Brothers In Arms now available on N-Gage
The World War Two action game Brothers In Arms is now available from the N-Gage application's Showroom section. If you're having trouble seeing it, select Options and then Update Now, which should make it appear in the Latest Games section. If you still can't see it, exit N-Gage, open the phone web browser, select Options, then Clear Privacy Data, then Clear Cache, close the browser, start N-Gage up and click on the Available Games section of the Showroom. (Thanks to ccraig for tipping us off about the release)
