Nokia closes up N-Gage dev studio
by Justin McElroy 
{ Jul 13th 2009 at 6:30PM }
The fate of the 100 or so employees at the Vancouver studio isn't clear at the moment, but we heard about some jobs opening up in their land -- if they don't mind traveling 4,374 km to get them.
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Stephaninator @ Jul 13th 2009 6:34PM
I lol'd.
Wiizer (Michael Pachter MUST DIE.. Professionally) @ Jul 13th 2009 6:33PM
How weird, I just sold my two N-Gage(s) to someone else.
You can still purchase parts and batteries from them right now. Looks like that might change now...
Captain Planet @ Jul 13th 2009 6:33PM
Every time a gaming platform dies, God kills a kitten.
In this case, God could give 2 squirts of piss about the N-Gage.
smcn @ Jul 13th 2009 7:22PM
I bet God was a fan of sidetalkin', which is why he killed the N-Gage. http://www.sidetalkin.com/
ArchiGamer Reaches Level 20!!!! @ Jul 13th 2009 7:30PM
I disagree, God cared enough to condemn the N-Gage to the bowels of Gaming Hell, right next to the E.T. game.
charlie b. @ Jul 13th 2009 6:35PM
i don't believe in nothing anymore. i'm going to law school.
Kinsey @ Jul 13th 2009 6:53PM
Wow! Someone understands that Vancouver and Toronto are 'not' an hour drive away from each other.
Rob @ Jul 13th 2009 8:59PM
They could be if they would just let me use my laser cannon to saw out the useless part in the middle.
( I kid, I kid.)
Kinsey @ Jul 14th 2009 10:08AM
As far as I'm concerned the whole Middle and East side of North America is useless ;)
Damian @ Jul 13th 2009 6:44PM
God knows how they thought they could make a success from a combination of a phone that plays games...oh wait.
343 Guilty Fart @ Jul 13th 2009 6:47PM
"i" see what you did there
Manly Mcbeefington (Mr. ESC) @ Jul 13th 2009 6:45PM
Die monster you don't belong in this world!
Jimmyjimjim @ Jul 13th 2009 6:47PM
N-Gage: Too much too soon that doesn't do any of it well enough. Like the Turbographx 16.
Captain Planet @ Jul 13th 2009 6:48PM
More like too much too suck.
Mr Khan @ Jul 13th 2009 7:15PM
too soon is a good term. The iPhone is probably making the N-Gage devs green with envy, since it does most of what they were after, but much better (the only functionality it lacks being buttons)
Vegnagun bwf @ Jul 13th 2009 6:50PM
Pour your 40 on the ground for them. We lost good devs today.
WRYYYYYY @ Jul 13th 2009 7:05PM
Um... they worked on the N-Gage. We lost devs. Not good ones.
Vegnagun bwf @ Jul 13th 2009 7:11PM
Sarcasm doesn't work to well over the internet, but seriously you couldn't tell that I was being facetious?
ArchiGamer Reaches Level 20!!!! @ Jul 13th 2009 6:59PM
That still exists!!!
ecco6t9 @ Jul 13th 2009 7:11PM
I thought they were already dead.
Omega2k3 @ Jul 13th 2009 7:16PM
Goodnight, Sweet Prince.
Brazell @ Jul 13th 2009 7:19PM
But how could something so cool looking fail so quickly?!
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modified @ Jul 13th 2009 7:47PM
*Redneck accent* If you've never made a game in widescreen....ya might be a N-Gage developer.
Elmoogle @ Jul 14th 2009 12:28AM
Um, what had those 100 employees been doing for the last four years?
goboColossus (LIVE, PSN - gobopop) @ Jul 14th 2009 3:59AM
The N-Gage brand was reused for Nokia's software gaming platform on most of their higher-end phones (worked like Xbox LIVE + App Store). They weren't actually developing for the N-Gage or N-Gage QD anymore.
nebular @ Jul 14th 2009 8:18AM
Is this about the current generation ngage software or the hardware platform from a few years ago ???
Nate Addison @ Jul 14th 2009 1:38PM
Seeing the N-Gage again makes me long for the Matrix cell phones that came out to promote the movies. lol.