Mobile Raditude, the first ever mobile gaming competition that will allow gamers to compete wirelessly in a skill-based competition, will begin today across the United States. The pioneering tournament will be exclusive to Activision's Tony Hawk's Pro Skater for the N-Gage game deck where gamers can challenge high scores posted by other players in the N-Gage Arena. By challenging and beating posted scores, gamers will increase their overall points standings and ranking on the tournament ladder. Prizes such as an N-Gage skateboard and other cool gear will be awarded to the Top 10 each month.
"The Mobile Raditude tournament will showcase N-Gage's exclusive wireless gaming capabilities and allow bragging rights to reign supreme," said Paul Whitaker, N-Gage Arena Manager for the Americas region. "Tony Hawk's Pro Skater is an outstanding game to launch the first mobile competition and showcase the anytime, anywhere power of N-Gage Arena."
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater for Nokia N-Gage offers multiplayer capabilities, via Bluetooth wireless technology, as well as unique mobile capabilities, such as uploading high scores. As one of the most popular video games, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater is allows for multi player modes that let gamers challenge each other over wireless networks from coast to coast.
Available globally, the N-Gage Arena is home to a worldwide virtual community of gamers, to share their experiences and to find other players for mobile online fun. Some of the key launch features of the N-Gage Arena include: cheats (downloads that boost the characters abilities or help the player out of a sticky situation), game clips (gamer records a game sequence and uploads it for other players to view), Shadow Gaming (gamer posts a "shadow" of his/her character, which other players can contest), strategy guides and walk-throughs (game recordings to demonstrate how a game challenge is solved), high score posting, as well as two-player gaming in a live situation. All of these N-Gage Arena services take place in a mobile environment allowing gamers, immediate access that only N-Gage can provide.
Nokia N-Gage is an innovative mobile device that is creating an entirely new market for the games industry. Built for active and hardcore gamers, the Nokia N-Gage is the first mobile and connected game deck to feature online high-quality 3D multiplayer game play over Bluetooth wireless technology and GPRS. The Nokia N-Gage also offers unique online games services as well as a comprehensive and growing games catalogue from the leading game publishers.