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29th March 2004 - During an awards ceremony at the
San Jose Museum of Art, Nokia announced the winner of
the ConnectCoder N-Gage Game Battle - Countdown from
Game Design Systems. In Countdown, you are the Secretary-General
of the United Nations. Your goal: preserve Earth from
destruction with meager resources such as diplomats,
scientists, engineers and cash. More importantly, players
must recruit the right leaders and assign them to the
right missions, in order to overcome unforeseen obstacles.
"We selected Countdown as the ConnectCoder winner
due to the unique way the Game Design Systems team was
able to integrate a well developed storyline with unique
mobile connected gameplay," said Kirsi Kotilainen,
Head of Developer Relations, Games Business Unit, Nokia.
"We were thrilled to see that many of the contest
applications broke out of the traditional mode of game
development and created some innovative new game ideas
that were made possible by the advanced mobile features
of the N-Gage platform."
The ConnectCoder N-Gage Game Battle provided an opportunity
for game developers to build original games that created
a connected gaming experience, where mobility is a central
part of the game. Other key criteria in the selection
process included high-quality graphics, exciting characters,
engaging storylines and interactive gameplay that highlight
the social aspects of mobile gaming.
Game Design Systems won the first prize of 15,000 euros
with the second prize of 10,000 euros going to InstantCom,
Ltd. for Undercover Agents and the third prize of 5,000
euros going to Sixela Producations for Rainbow Jek.
Each of the teams presented their ideas to the Nokia
N-Gage Game Publishing management team after being flown
to this year's Game Developer Conference in San Jose,
California.
Game developers interested in creating innovative games
that take advantage of the full mobile and online features
of the N-Gage platform can visit www.n-gage.com/developers.
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