Nokia has announced that, next week, owners of N81 and N81 8GB handsets will get "exclusive access to the pre-release version of the N-Gage application and one or more N-Gage games".
The company
announced it on its official N-Gage blog. At the same time next week, it will open special 'N-Gage First Access' forums, for users to "give us your feedback on the experience, make suggestions, and help us co-create the N-Gage games service".
It's further proof of Nokia's decision to make the new N-Gage the softest of soft launches: one handset (well, two, but you know what we mean), a "pre-release" version of the N-Gage app, and the possibility that only one game will be available.
We're eager to see which game(s) is (are) available, and how the N-Gage application performs, so keep checking back here next week for first reports and reaction to Nokia's new games initiative.
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They haven't ruled it out, but given that the week after next is Christmas week, it seems likely that other handsets will have to wait, yes. Although there's always the chance that Nokia will spring a Christmas Day surprise and launch the N-Gage app for some more phones, I guess.
