FISHLABS and Nokia sign N-Gage agreement
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Five multiple award-winning mobile games coming to N-Gage
Hamburg, Germany and Espoo, Finland - Nokia and FISHLABS
Entertainment GmbH, a leading developer and publisher of high-quality
3D mobile games, today announced an agreement to bring games to the
N-Gage service.
Titles scheduled for release in 2009 include, Powerboat
Challenge(TM), Rally Master Pro(TM), and Snowboard Hero(TM) followed
by Galaxy on Fire(TM) and Blades & Magic(TM) in early 2010. All
titles will be significantly improved in terms of graphics and sound
quality and will be enhanced with additional features. With the
powerful multimedia capabilities of N-Gage compatible mobile phones,
FISHLABS can now offer an even better gaming experience.
"The N-Gage cooperation with Nokia is one of the most important
milestones for FISHLABS since its founding," says Michael Schade, CEO
of FISHLABS Entertainment GmbH. "Being able to market games on
millions of devices with the marketing power of the world's largest
mobile phone manufacturer is a major success for us. Our strategy of
relying exclusively on high-quality, innovative mobile games fits
perfectly with that of Nokia to sell only the best products on
N-Gage."
"The outstanding quality of FISHLABS mobile games is almost
legendary, and we are pleased to have gained one of the best
developers for N-Gage with FISHLABS," adds Gregg Sauter, Director,
Third Party Games Publishing, Nokia. "FISHLABS' portfolio of multiple
award-winning games is especially popular with core gamers and,
thanks to the superior performance of the N-Gage platform; Nokia will
be able to win over many fans of FISHLABS as well as new gamers for
N-Gage."
About FISHLABS
FISHLABS is one of the leading developers and publishers of high
quality mobile 3D games. Founded in 2004, FISHLABS is responsible for
the development of more than 20 high-end mobile games and employs a
team of 30 people at the company's headquarters in Hamburg, Germany.
FISHLABS' portfolio of mobile games includes numerous award-winning
original IPs, such as Galaxy on Fire(TM), DEEP(TM), Blades &
Magic(TM), Rally Master Pro(TM) or Snowboard Hero(TM) as well as AAA
brands for well-known business partners, such as V-Rally® 3D for Glu,
Star Wars(TM) - Imperial Ace 3D for THQ or Tony Hawk's Downhill
Jam(TM) for Infospace (Activison license) and most recently
Gladiator(TM). The high quality of FISHLABS' 3D mobile games is
demonstrated by numerous awards, such as Best Mobile Game 2008 (Rally
Master Pro(TM)) and third-best mobile game 2008 (Snowboard Hero(TM))
according to Pocket Gamer Analysis. FISHLABS is also the Best Mobile
Game Developer 2008 according to MobileGamesDB.
Thanks to the high-performance, platform-independent games engine
ABYSS® which supports about 300 different Java(TM) and BREW(TM)
devices and the iPhone(TM), FISHLABS' titles are able to offer a
quality never before attained in the sphere of mobile gaming.
FISHLABS 3D mobile games are distributed worldwide over more than 160
well known network providers such as T-Mobile, Vodafone, O2, Orange,
3, Telefonica, Cingular, Sprint and Verizon as well as directly over
www.fishlabs.net.
Since July of 2008, the company has offered the mobile phone game
community myFISHLABS, where users can benefit from features such as
price advantages, easier payment, additional features, credit
kick-backs, upgrades, and the exchange of information about their
favourite mobile games with other community members.
For more information visit www.fishlabs.net.
About N-Gage
N-Gage is a connected mobile games service by Nokia, making it easy
to find, try, buy, and play high-quality mobile games on the latest
mobile devices. N-Gage offers a broad portfolio of games by Nokia
Games Publishing and the world's leading publishers. N-Gage Arena is
a community that enables people around the world to connect and play
games with others. www.n-gage.com
About Nokia
Nokia is the world leader in mobility, driving the transformation and
growth of the converging Internet and communications industries. We
make a wide range of mobile devices with services and software that
enable people to experience music, navigation, video, television,
imaging, games, business mobility and more. Developing and growing
our offering of consumer Internet services, as well as our enterprise
solutions and software, is a key area of focus. We also provide
equipment, solutions and services for communications networks through
Nokia Siemens Networks.
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Nokia
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Email: press.services@nokia.com
www.nokia.com
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