Nokia, the world leader in mobile communications, announced today that
California based mobile games developer Digital Chocolate has signed up
to publish a variety of titles for the N-Gage platform launching this
fall. Digital Chocolate is a leading developer known for its original,
high-quality mobile games with intuitive features and entertaining
content.
July 24, 2007 Brighton, United Kingdom - "Digital Chocolate has been a driving force in promoting social interaction
within the context of mobile gaming," said Gregg Sauter, Nokia's director of third
party publishing. "They are also an award winning publisher dedicated to bringing
innovative games to the masses. It is these qualities that make Digital Chocolate a perfect fit for our N-Gage
offering, which allows publishers to innovate with respect to quality, ease of
use and community interaction."
Digital Chocolate's newest game series, DChoc Café(TM), brings an exciting range
of games to the N-Gage platform. DChoc Cafe merges the most popular and accessible
casual games with the next generation of social gaming on mobile.
A "virtual café" featuring casual card, board and puzzle games similar to those
found at a café or other neighborhood meeting place, DChoc Café offers users the
opportunity to stay connected with friends through mobile gaming when they want.
Additional features in DChoc Café allow players to create customized characters,
earn prizes and make game recommendations.
"DChoc Café is a perfect complement to the Nokia's next generation N-Gage platform,"
said Gary Schofield, president of networks, Digital Chocolate. "N-Gage provides
the tools we need to tap into the powerful device performance and promote social
interaction between players through games, which is completely in line with Digital
Chocolate's philosophy. We're very pleased to be teaming up with Nokia."
About Digital Chocolate
Digital Chocolate is a leading developer of original, high-quality games and
applications for mobile phones. Based in San Mateo, California and founded in
2003 by software gaming pioneer Trip Hawkins, Digital Chocolate offers some of
the world's most popular and top-rated games, already earning over 20 Game of
the Year Awards and over 50 Editor's Awards by top gaming press. In 2006, it was
named Best Games Developer at the Mobile Entertainment Awards, decided by a voting
panel of over 300 mobile company executives including leading Operators, OEMs,
Publishers and Developers. It was also named a 2006 Fierce 15 emerging wireless
company for its innovation around community, networked and social games with products
like award-winning MLSN Sports Picks, and upcoming AvaPeeps(TM): FlirtNation.
Since its inception, Digital Chocolate has secured relationships with more than
200 carriers and partners, including Verizon Wireless, Sprint, Vodafone, T-Mobile,
Cingular, Orange and 3 and its products are available in over 60 countries around
the world. For more information, please visit www.digitalchocolate.com.
About N-Gage
N-Gage is a made-for-mobile games service available in compatible Nokia Nseries
and other S60 3rd edition devices. N-Gage makes it easy to find, try, buy, play
and manage high quality mobile games as well as connect to the N-Gage Arena, Nokia's
mobile gaming community. Nokia is working with the world's leading publishers
to deliver a broad portfolio of games. www.n-gage.com
About Nokia
Nokia is the world leader in mobility, driving the transformation and growth
of the converging Internet and communications industries. Nokia makes a wide range
of mobile devices and provides people with experiences in music, navigation, video,
television, imaging, games and business mobility through these devices. Nokia
also provides equipment, solutions and services for communications networks. |