Nokia to Dump N-Gage Next Year

We've shown you a lot of mobile games here and we had quite a lot of N-Gage titles on display. Unfortunately for all N-Gage lovers, Nokia is going to terminate all its N-Gage gaming plans next year.

Don't worry though as N-Gage games won't disappear all of a sudden. The N-Gage Arena will be dismantled only after 2010 and those N-Gage games will be available for purchase until September 2010.

What will happen next? Nokia will include all future games in its Ovi Store which means future N-Gage titles will be found there. All those old Nokia handsets will keep coming with N-Gage on board but Nokia's newest phones will not have that feature enabled.

Nokia should really come up with a decent alternative to mobile gaming. The iPhone and its iPod touch brother are also seen as dependable gaming machines so maybe Nokia should focus on offering a similar experience on its future phones. After all mobile games can get you through even the most difficult days you can ever have.

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