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Three most innovative concepts offered Nokia Publishing
pre-production contracts and cash prizes

Espoo, Finland - Nokia today launched the worldwide Mobile Games
Innovation Challenge, a unique global competition with ¤70,000 in
prizes, designed to encourage development of innovative game concepts
with the power to positively disrupt the global mobile gaming
industry and to help propel mobile gaming with handheld devices into
a new and exciting future.

The first competition of its kind to encourage unique concepts in
mobile gaming from developers of all backgrounds and all levels, the
Mobile Games Innovation Challenge seeks the best in groundbreaking
ideas and game concepts from the brightest and most creative minds in
mobile gaming today.

Sponsored by Nokia Publishing, the Mobile Games Innovation Challenge
invites developers to submit mobile gaming concepts to help drive
mobile gaming to the next level, relying on the advanced features and
functionalities of N-Gage compatible devices, and Java- or
Symbian-based Series 40 or S60 devices from Nokia.

The three most innovative game concepts will be offered Nokia
Publishing pre-production contracts, targeting publication of their
winning concept on the corresponding Nokia device platform. In
addition, the first winner will be awarded ¤40,000, the second
¤20,000, and the third ¤10,000 to enable the participant to further
develop the concept.

"Nokia enthusiastically presents this Mobile Games Innovation
Challenge as a unique opportunity for the best and brightest mobile
game developers worldwide to really rock the industry with
innovative, one-of-a-kind concepts that showcase what you can do with
our mobile platforms," said Dr Mark Ollila, director of games
publishing, Nokia. "The pre-production contracts and ¤70,000 in cash
prizes toward development of the winning game concepts is only part
of the excitement - the Challenge also gives developers a chance to
truly make their mark on global mobile gaming through unique and
positively disruptive gaming concepts never seen before."

Beginning immediately, developers wishing to compete for the Mobile
Games Innovation Challenge can submit their game concepts online at


http://developer.n-gage.com/innovation. Contestants are encouraged to
enter more than one mobile gaming concept, with the winners to be
selected by an external panel of mobile gaming industry experts on
the criteria of innovation, fun, feasibility of execution, and market
potential.

Gaming concept submissions will continue through August 20, 2008. The
winners will be chosen by the external panel of judges and announced
during a special award ceremony at the Nokia Games Summit in Rome,
Italy, October 29-30, 2008.

Deadline for submission of all applications is August 20, 2008 at
11:59 p.m. GMT. Further information on the registration process,
including description of entries and eligibility requirements are
available at 

http://developer.n-gage.com/innovation.

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.

Media contact:

Nokia
Communications
Global Developer Program
Kasey Farrar
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Nokia
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www.nokia.com


 
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