Nokia launches user created "Yamake" games on N-Gage -- bye bye Gizmondo v2

Sorry Gizmondo, your dreams of a resurrected user generated gaming platform were just usurped by Nokia. Straight outta Espoo comes Nokia's Yamake (a mashup for "you make the game") for their N-Gage platform. With it, Nokia says players can "create their own games" from a range of "mini games" by adding user generated text, pictures, sound clips and movies. Games can then be shared via the N-Gage Arena and via MMS between N-Gage compatible S60 devices. The press release specifically mentions the creation of mini games "such as" pictures puzzles and quizzes -- so no, we're not looking at user generated, 3D first person shooters upon initial release. In fact, without any images or video to accompany the press release, Yamake sounds more like a user customization platform than game creation platform. Still, we'll cut them some slack as they get this off the ground. One thing seems pretty clear though, this ain't your mama's sidetalkin' N-Gage; Nokia is playing for keeps this time around.

[LordFarkward @ Feb 14th 2008 4:13AM]

heh... yamade... "it's sexy timmmme"

[imec @ Feb 14th 2008 4:57AM]

Yes, thank you Nokia, now I will be able to play emulators on my phone. What's that? It's just a gimmick? You mean you won't let people execute their own programs?

What? Pandora you say? Why would I want to buy that?

[Rich @ Feb 14th 2008 6:33AM]

Eh?

[Fernando @ Feb 14th 2008 7:20AM]

You already can run emulators on your S60, fail.

www.vampent.com for a few

[CUBSWILLWIN @ Feb 14th 2008 7:31AM]

that thing should seriously advertise for Mexican restaurants...

[Deoki @ Feb 14th 2008 8:21AM]

Hey! I have a 1st Generation N-Gage (sidetalking rules!!!) and I still use it very often! My mama would slap the hell outta your non-loving sidetalking face!

[mushrooshi @ Feb 14th 2008 8:45AM]

Why "N-Gage".

Is it supposed to sound cool?

[mushrooshi @ Feb 14th 2008 8:45AM]

EDIT: I get it's "Engage", but its still kinda lame...

[Lemmiwinks @ Feb 14th 2008 5:47PM]

my god... what planet have you been on? ; )

[DT @ Feb 14th 2008 10:06AM]

Yarmulke?

[Tecnozoom @ Feb 20th 2008 11:47AM]

Today everything is going to be user generated. It's incredible!

[grazia @ Feb 20th 2008 12:16PM]

Hi Tecnozoom! Power at the users!

[grazia @ Feb 20th 2008 12:08PM]

I love Nokia! thank you very much for this creation!

[grazia @ Feb 20th 2008 12:14PM]

yes it's true! power at the users!

[Tecnozoom @ Feb 20th 2008 1:12PM]

I'm agree with you