Nokia is returning to the world of gaming in a big way today, announcing a new service that will provide an store, a gaming service and four new handsets on which to enjoy such functionality.

The Finnish giant, the world's largest handset maker, says that handset revenues are not enough and that it needs a larger slice of other mobile phone related revenues - notably of music, games and the like. Touch-screen functionality will also help Nokia battle the 'cool factor' of Apple's iPhone.

Songs will for about one Euro a pop, a similar price to iTunes, with about two million tracks being made available initially. The service, called Ovi (Finnish for 'door'), will offer a range of other service, notably games as well as access to content from providers like Google and Yahoo.

EA, Vivendi, and have already signed-up to provide games content downloadable via Ovi, with analysts stating this is the company's most significant move since the failed initiative. More games news is expected soon, while a backlash from networks could be on the cards with providers likely to feel threatened by service's such as Ovi which could compete with their own content platforms.

More Nokia-gaming as we get it.

By Luke Guttridge

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  1. Sam 2 years ago Staff

    Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.

    What does this make it?