When you're writing your first post about a gaming platform in nine months, it's very rarely good news. For example, all it's taken for the N-Gage to get back on Joystiq's front page is the closure of Nokia's N-Gage development studio, which occurred on June 30. The group was responsible for porting major franchises to the system like Call of Duty, Tiger Woods and Tony Hawk.
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.
Reader Comments (26)
Posted: Jul 13th 2009 6:33PM Captain Planet Planeteer Power said
Every time a gaming platform dies, God kills a kitten.
In this case, God could give 2 squirts of piss about the N-Gage.
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In this case, God could give 2 squirts of piss about the N-Gage.
Posted: Jul 13th 2009 7:22PM smcn said
I bet God was a fan of sidetalkin', which is why he killed the N-Gage. http://www.sidetalkin.com/
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Posted: Jul 13th 2009 7:30PM (Unverified) said
I disagree, God cared enough to condemn the N-Gage to the bowels of Gaming Hell, right next to the E.T. game.
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Posted: Jul 13th 2009 6:35PM cbarrentos said
i don't believe in nothing anymore. i'm going to law school.
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Posted: Jul 13th 2009 8:59PM RobS the 3rd said
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.)
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( I kid, I kid.)
Posted: Jul 13th 2009 6:44PM Johnny Locke said
God knows how they thought they could make a success from a combination of a phone that plays games...oh wait.
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Posted: Jul 13th 2009 6:47PM Jimmyjames said
N-Gage: Too much too soon that doesn't do any of it well enough. Like the Turbographx 16.
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Posted: Jul 13th 2009 7:05PM (Unverified) said
Um... they worked on the N-Gage. We lost devs. Not good ones.
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Posted: Jul 13th 2009 7:19PM The Albatross said
But how could something so cool looking fail so quickly?!
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Posted: Jul 13th 2009 7:47PM modifiedbears said
*Redneck accent* If you've never made a game in widescreen....ya might be a N-Gage developer.
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Posted: Jul 14th 2009 3:59AM (Unverified) said
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.
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Posted: Jul 14th 2009 1:38PM Nate Addison said
Seeing the N-Gage again makes me long for the Matrix cell phones that came out to promote the movies. lol.
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