Nokia today announced the launch of its new Forum Nokia PRO Games Zone, providing mobile developer companies with access to advanced knowledge and technical support in the development of games and entertainment for the growing mobile consumer market.
The new Forum Nokia PRO Games Zone joins an expanded Mobile Games section on the Forum Nokia community website to provide developer support for Nokia’s next generation mobile gaming initiative, designed to speed integration of all current Nokia mobile games activities, including N-Gage and Nokia’s SNAP Mobile solution for connected mobile gaming on Java(TM) technology compatible handsets.
More information on the expanded resources available to developers through the enhanced Mobile Games section of the Forum Nokia website.
Nokia today also announced the launch of a business solution that enables operators and publishers to create online communities for mobile Java games in days, rather than months – SNAP Mobile. Operators who choose SNAP Mobile’s Starter Kit or Standard Package can have their users hosted on the SNAP Mobile Community, a full-featured, generic website, which creates an online gaming community almost instantly.
SNAP Mobile offers a full-featured, turnkey gaming community infrastructure that connects mobile gamers. Building on the inherent social aspects of mobile phones, these communities can be accessed by gamers’ PC web browsers and internet-enabled phones.
In addition to being a win for mobile gamers, SNAP Mobile provides operators and publishers with a highly effective, low-cost way opportunity to increase online usage and downloadable game sales.
Fianally, Nokia today unveiled a new software development kit (SDK) and consumer interface for its next generation mobile gaming platform, expected to launch in the first half of 2007. The new tools and consumer interface are designed to empower the mobile games industry to create high quality 3D mobile games for Nokia smartphones.
The new developer tools include Game Development Libraries, based on C++ programming libraries, which can be updated on the devices for resolving compatibility issues, and adding new features. Developers can also take advantage of the real-time connected gaming and community features enabled by the N-Gage Arena.