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Expanding Games Portfolio with Range of Genres and Unique Features

 Los Angeles, May 11, 2004 – Nokia today announced eight new titles for its N-Gage platform.  Ranging in genres from driving and sports to strategy and role-playing, these eight titles increase the N-Gage portfolio of offerings for customers, as well as show the advanced technology and benefits of the N-Gage Arena and mobile multiplayer features.  The N-Gage Arena is the worldwide online community for mobile gamers in which members communicate and compete against one another across the globe. The eight new titles are: Civilization®, DRIV3RTM, FIFA 2005, King of Fighters, Glimmerati, Rifts, SSX Out of Bounds and Xanadu Next.  

 “The past six months have been a crucial time of education for Nokia – in terms of platform and content,” said Ilkka Raiskinen, Senior Vice President, Games Business Unit, Nokia.  “As a result, we are amplifying our content by forming stronger relationships with industry publishers and independent game developers, as well as developing and publishing titles in-house.  Our strong 2004-2005 line-up ranges in genres and offerings, and effectively shows the capabilities of mobile online technology and the N-Gage Arena.”

 The new titles and details about the games were announced at a press conference held in Los Angeles earlier today.

 · DRIV3R, the award-winning 3d action driving game from Atari. 

· Civilization, Sid Meier’s strategy masterpiece from Atari.

· FIFA 2005, EA Sport’s most authentic soccer experience with special N-Gage features.

· SSX Out of Bounds, EA’s adrenaline-rushing fantasy snowboarding game with nine original tracks for the N-Gage platform

· Rifts, The highly acclaimed role-playing game from Kevin Siembieda keeps the Rifts experience and adds an original storyline, co-operative multiplayer features via Bluetooth, and head-to-head combat over N-Gage Arena.

· King of Fighters, The first N-Gage fighting game from Hudson Soft that lets gamers compete for the ultimate fighting title.

· Xanadu Next, the legendary role-playing game with 3D action from Falcom.

· Glimmerati, the ultimate glam driving experience from Nokia.