Nokia has announced that they have made a number of games free from the Ovi Store for a limited period.

The games include Ovi Maps Racing, which is a racing game that enables you to use GPS to find your location and then develop a track around your neighbourhood , which you can then race around. For those less creative there are also pre-made tracks where you can race and compare times with others across the world.

Another free game is Space Impact: Meteor Shield, which uses the digital compass in your mobile and involves defending earth against meteorite showers and aliens.  The compass in your mobile enable you to use your mobile to control the gun turret and shoot the falling rocks.

The Puzzle game Exclusion is also available free which is a mind game where you need to draw lines to match similar symbols to remove them from the battlefield.

Another puzzle game made available free is Climate Mission, which gives you with ecologically themed puzzles to test your wit and learn about climate change at the same time. The game involves a variety of mini-games including sorting out recycling , planting trees and much more.

Big Roll in Paradise is also available free, which  follows the style of  the  game Bocce but adds different ball types and surfaces.

Two new game have also been released free with the first being Bounce Boing Battle, (pictured above)  which is a dual-game that involves bouncing a ball between two devices by drawing collision lines in games and hoping to score goals against your opponent.  The second new game is Ovi Maps Challenge  which test your knowledge of Geography !

You can download all the games free right now from the Ovi Store , be sure to check the supported devices first though !