nGame
and Sprint today announced the launch of seven Java 2 Platform, Micro
Edition (J2ME) games on the enhanced Sprint Nationwide PCS Network,
making nGame one of the largest J2ME games provider at the launch of
the PCS Vision(SM) service.
Picture
shows screenshot of Aerostorm - one of the games available to Sprint
PCS Vision subscribers.
The
full-color games are a part of the new PCS Vision, a next generation
wireless service recently launched nationwide by Sprint. PCS Vision
enables Sprint and its development partners, including nGame, to move
the wireless game experience from the text-based games of today to graphically
rich, full-color brand name
games on Vision-enabled PCS Phones using the Java 2 platform, Micro
Edition.
Sprint
will be the first carrier to offer nGame's color J2ME(TM) games
which will include SLAM!, the grand prize winner of the J2ME(TM) Application
Design contest at the 2001 PCS Developer's Conference.
Other titles available at launch include Aerostorm and Push Mania from
Korean Developer MobileGame and nGame's four-in-a-row and casino game
titles
Riverboat Blackjack, Cash Quest Roulette and Treasure Chest Slots. Shortly,
nGame will also be providing some of their most popular branded titles
for
PCS Vision customers, including Top Gun(TM) based on the hit movie from
Paramount Pictures.
"We are delighted to be working with Sprint on its nationwide 3G1X
launch,
and providing them with a broad range of J2ME titles. Users can download
games for free, $1.49 and $2.99, and nGame expects strong user demand
based on
our sales of J2ME games deployed with other carriers," said Alex
Green,
nGame's Senior Vice President of Business Development.
"PCS Vision is a whole new way to look at wireless and with the
addition
of the interactive and full-color games from nGame, is it easy to see
how
customers will be using PCS Phones for more than just making a call,"
said
Chip Novick, vice president of consumer marketing for the PCS division
of
Sprint. "Sprint was the first carrier to launch wireless games
and continues
to lead the industry with our newest portfolio of brand-name and popular
games
offered through companies like nGame on Vision-enabled PCS Phones."
"nGame titles are among some of the most innovative and compelling
J2ME
games that we have seen and they demonstrate the strengths of J2ME as
a global
wireless gaming platform. Sun Microsystems is delighted to be working
with
nGame and Sprint on the launch of the 3G1X service," said Juan
Dewar, Director
of Marketing, Strategic Solutions and Devices, Software Business and
Marketing, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
