

Nokia's N-Gage gaming smartphone from 2003 did not perform as well as expected, and its upgraded QD version did not have significants improvements to its performance.

Games can still be played on compatible devices, but support for the service and its online features ceased in September 2010. Nokia moved its games onto their Ovi Store thereafter. A total of 49 games were released for it. Some reasons cited for its failure are its bad development model, marketing, and success of Apple's App Store. On October 30, 2009, Nokia announced that no new N-Gage games would be produced. Due to memory issues, hinted at during an interview in February 2008, support for the Nokia N73, N93 and N93i was cancelled. The service was a successor to the original 2003 N-Gage gaming device.

N-Gage combined numerous games with 3D graphics into an application featuring online (via N-Gage Arena) and social features. The N-Gage service (also referred to as N-Gage 2.0) was a mobile gaming platform from Nokia that was available for several Nokia smartphones running on S60 ( Symbian). N-GageĪn official promotional image during the 29 August 2007 announcement: The N-Gage application home screen (right) and a game being played (left) on a Nokia N81. For the redesign of the N-Gage console, see N-Gage QD. "N-Gage 2" and "second generation N-Gage" redirect here.
