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19th August 2004 - Nokia and Gameloft today announced
Asphalt: Urban GT for the N-Gage platform. Asphalt:
Urban GTTM brings the thrill of high-speed racing in
locations from around the world with licensed dream
cars that players can customize for performance and
looks. With its amazing 3D graphics and fast frame rate,
Asphalt: Urban GT offers a true high-speed experience
with the possibility to race against others via Bluetooth
wireless technology.
"Asphalt: Urban GT is the first dream car racing
game for the N-Gage platform and it delivers fantastic
graphics and high-powered performance," says Pasi
Pölönen, Director of Games Publishing, Nokia.
"Asphalt: Urban GT lets you race your customized
Lamborghini down the Champs-Elysée in Paris -
a thrilling experience!"
"We think this is an excellent fit to the N-Gage
platform," says Julien Fournials, VP Production
of Gameloft.." In addition to the very rich and
crisp 3D graphics, the platforms allows a fast frame
rate to enhance the sports cars driving experience"
Players compete to earn money so that they can buy their
favorite dream cars and unlock racing tracks from around
the world. With the possibility to customize car through
visual and performance tuning, players can create their
own racing dream car. Asphalt: Urban GT offers wireless
local multiplayer gaming for up to four players with
several different racing modes.
Asphalt: Urban GT is expected to hit the stores this
Christmas.
About N-Gage
The N-Gage game deck is an innovative mobile device
that is creating an entirely new market for the games
industry. Built for active gamers, the N-Gage platform
is the first mobile and connected game deck to feature
online high-quality 3D multiplayer gameplay over Bluetooth
wireless technology and GPRS. The N-Gage device also
offers unique online games services as well as a comprehensive
and growing games catalogue from the leading game publishers.
Nokia is the world leader in mobile communications.
Nokia and N-Gage are trademarks or registered trademarks
of Nokia Corporation.
About Gameloft
Gameloft is a leading international publisher and developer
of video games for mobile phones. Founded in 1999 and
today the industry leader, Gameloft designs games for
phones including Java, BREW and Symbian technologies,
the installed number of which is likely to surpass one
billion units by 2007(1). Partnership agreements with
major rights-holders such as Ubisoft Entertainment allow
Gameloft to associate strong international brands with
its games. Gameloft's direct commercial presence in
10 countries (United States, Canada, United Kingdom,
Germany, France, Italy, Spain, China, Hong Kong and
Japan) enables the Group to distribute its range in
over 65 countries through a network of telecom operators,
phone manufacturers, specialized distributors and an
on-line boutique: www.gameloft.com. Gameloft is listed
on the Paris Stock Exchange (Euroclear - 7960, Bloomberg
GMLF FP, Reuters GLFT.LN).
1 source : Arc Group
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