Nokia’s N-Gage gets Glu support ahead of relaunch

Glu Mobile said it will publish games for Nokia Corp.’s N-Gage platform, which is set for a public unveiling next week.
The handset maker is preparing to dust off the familiar-but tarnished-brand next week at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, expanding the N-Gage from a single, gaming-focused mobile phone to a platform for sophisticated mobile gaming across a variety of devices. The effort will include an embedded or downloadable application and initially will be supported by roughly a half-dozen Series 60 smartphones, including some models already on the market.
Glu said it will initially offer an N-Gage version of “World Series of Poker Texas Hold’em,” and other titles will follow.
“(We) are impressed with the offering that Nokia has brought together with its new N-Gage platform,” said Kristian Segerstrale, Glu’s managing director of Europe, the Middle East and Asia. “The combination of Nokia’s hardware and mobile platform vision and expertise along with Glu’s top-rated, quality mobile games will deliver consumers a truly unique, immersive entertainment experience.”