Atari And Capcom Join N-Gage
By Ian Bell
May 17, 2004
Nokia announced Atari and Capcom will be making their games available on N-Gage.
Nokia announced an agreement with industry pioneers Capcom and Atari are to produce a variety of titles for the N-Gage platform. The first N-Gage titles from Capcom are expected to be announced in the coming weeks.
"Capcom is proud to become a part of the N-Gage title family and we look forward to bringing mobile gamers hours of fun as they play Capcom games while on the move," said Kenzo Tsujimoto, President and CEO, Capcom Co.,Ltd.
"Working with Capcom will mean fantastic additions to the N-Gage games catalogue," said Pasi Pölönen, Director of Game Publishing, Games Business Unit, Nokia. "As one of the industry pioneers, we feel that Capcom will bring a wealth of experience in the games industry to create innovative games that will take full advantage of the N-Gage platform."
The first Atari titles for the N-Gage are expected to be released in 2005 and will include Civilization®, one of the most celebrated strategy games ever created and DRIV3R(TM), the latest installment of Atari's hugely successful driving adventure franchise. Civilization and DRIV3R for the N-Gage platform will combine familiar storylines and action with N-Gage multiplayer features to create a new spin for these brands.
"Having Atari on board as a developer of N-Gage games is a superb addition to our roster, and Civilization and DRIV3R will expand the N-Gage title line-up with two blockbuster franchises," said Pasi Pölönen, Director, Games Publishing, Nokia. "We are looking forward to working with Atari to showcase the power of the N-Gage platform, combined with the fantastic portfolio of Atari titles."
"As one of the largest third-party publishers of interactive entertainment software, Atari has a great range of titles like Civilization and DRIV3R that can be developed for the N-Gage platform," said Wim Stocks, Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Atari. "Creating mobile multiplayer features for a select number of our games is an exciting opportunity for us to give fans of Atari products the value of mobility."