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Nokia and EA team up to offer games

Wed, 13 Sep 2006

The world's top handset maker Nokia and the largest video games publisher Electronic Arts said on Tuesday EA will start to offer mobile games to current and next generation Nokia phones .

The agreement with EA will see seven EA titles made available for mobile gaming on Nokia smartphones . The games have been named as: Tetris, Tetris Mania, The Sims 2, Doom, FIFA 06, Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 06, and FIFA Street 2.

EA has said that it intends to support the launch of Nokia’s next generation mobile platform in mid-2007 with top EA titles specially designed for Nokia S60 devices.

In other news, the agreement with Warner Bros Entertainment means that the company will have its own mobile content storefront available through Nokia Content Discoverer.

Nokia shares our vision of making it easy for people around the world to find and play the best quality games on their mobile phones. We are looking forward to working more closely with Nokia on promoting a delivery system that propels mobile gaming forward," said Mitch Lasky, senior vice president, EA. "This relationship will bring together EA's great brands and development studios with Nokia's innovative hardware and global consumer reach."

"The core of Nokia's games strategy is to make it easy for people to find, buy and play great quality mobile games and we're excited to expand our relationship with EA to help make that possible," said Jaakko Kaidesoja, director, games, Multimedia, Nokia. "Nokia and EA have a common vision regarding the opportunities in mobile games and how to turn them into a reality. When you combine Nokia's leadership in hardware, usability and software platforms with EA's brands and quality thresholds, the results will speak for themselves."

At launch, mobile subscribers in Europe and Asia with Nokia S60 and Series 40 handsets will be able to explore the Warner Bros Entertainment channel to download images, tones, games and video clips with various themes from Looney Tunes, DC Comics, Superman Returns, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, V for Vendetta, Dukes of Hazzard, and Batman Begins.
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