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Activision Set to Develop Titles For Nokia N-Gage Mobile Game Deck.


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HELSINKI, Finland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 5, 2003

Activision, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI ATVI Albuquerque Technical Vocational Institute ) confirmed today that the company plans to support Nokia's highly anticipated N-Gage(TM) platform.

Activision also confirmed that it expects to work closely with Nokia on developing games that would support the platform at launch.

"We are excited about the N-Gage game deck A game deck is a video game system, often in handheld form, such as the Nintendo Game Boy, Sony PlayStation Portable and Nokia N-Gage. Nokia catalogue their game focused mobile phones under the category 'game decks'.

PC gamers usually use the slang term gaming rig.
 and intend to work closely with Nokia to create games for the new platform," said David Anderson David Anderson may refer to:
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, director of licensing and business development for Activision. "We believe that the system will help expand the demographics The attributes of people in a particular geographic area. Used for marketing purposes, population, ethnic origins, religion, spoken language, income and age range are examples of demographic data.  for video games See video game console.  and provide us with new opportunities to reach our audience."

"The Nokia N-Gage brings a whole new level of interactive gaming with its innovative features. Working with leading games developers like Activision means that consumers will have a fantastic selection of high-quality titles to play," said Ilkka Raiskinen, Senior Vice President, Entertainment and Media Business Unit, Nokia Mobile Phones.

About Activision

Headquartered in Santa Monica, California For other uses, see Santa Monica (disambiguation).
Santa Monica is a coastal city in western Los Angeles County, California, USA. Situated on Santa Monica Bay of the Pacific Ocean, it is surrounded by the City of Los Angeles — Pacific Palisades and Brentwood on the north,
, Activision, Inc. is a leading worldwide developer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment and leisure products. Founded in 1979, Activision posted revenues of $786 million for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2002.

Activision maintains operations in the U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Japan, Australia, Scandinavia and the Netherlands. More information about Activision and its products can be found on the company's World Wide Web site, which is located at www.activision.com.

About Nokia

Nokia is the world leader in mobile communications. Backed by its experience, innovation, user-friendliness and secure solutions, the company has become the leading supplier of mobile phones and a leading supplier of mobile, fixed broadband broadband

Term describing the radiation from a source that produces a broad, continuous spectrum of frequencies (contrasted with a laser, which produces a single frequency or very narrow range of frequencies).
 and IP networks. By adding mobility to the Internet Nokia creates new opportunities for companies and further enriches the daily lives of people. Nokia is a broadly held company with listings on six major exchanges.
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