You definitely came to the place if you’re still wondering about what can be found in Nokia’s upcoming Tube mobile.

Until now, this little gadget was called as Nokia’s iPhone. It’s a good thing it now has a solid identity. This quad band touch screen phone, called Tube, has some pretty great features locked inside it.

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Aside from being a possible reference for court cases, it appears that the U.S. government’s found another handy use for the country’s growing amount of SMS.

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has recently unveiled its proposal to establish a nationwide alert system that will use text messaging system for cellphones and other mobile devices.

According to the FCC, this messaging system would be carried by volunteer cell phone companies, who would in turn relay one of several text messages to their subscribers during an emergency.

The FCC’s emergency messaging system is further expected to handle three particular events: Disasters that directly affect American Citizens (ex. terrorist attacks), imminent or ongoing threats such as hurricanes or earthquakes, and child abductions.

At the moment, T-Mobile, Verizon, Sprint Nextel, and AT&T have announced their interest in joining the FCC’s messaging system. These providers will in turn be receiving the messages they’ll deliver from a yet-to-be-named agency.

All volunteer message carriers are expected to be ready for the alert system’s requirements within 10 months.

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THQ Wireless is sending out word that mobile phone gamers will soon have worms on their handsets. This will come in the form of Worms 2008: A Space Oddity, which also happens to be available on the Nintendo Wii.

This particular iteration from Team17 revolves around the story of intergalactic Worm travellers exploring their solar system. The features that will be included in the game’s mobile version was outline by THQ:

• The improved single-player campaign missions feature varying objectives to keep the player on their toes as they fight to defend installations, repair space crafts, collect rare minerals and battle to the death against alien races
• With the space setting comes a host of new weapons, including the Impact Frag, Atom Packs and Cluster Frags, which are based around the classic Worms weapons
• Worms 2008 also features all new graphics and new animations, including new looks for the opponent alien races
• Advanced landscape generation systems have enabled more realistic levels. Graphical effects like smoke trails help to bring shots to life, while multi-layered parallax particles enhance the depth of field effect and have direct impact from gameplay, reacting to the direction and strength of the wind
• A new AI system that allows enemy worms to determine the greatest threats, navigate the landscape and unleash a variety of weapons
• Players will also be able to see the main game in landscape mode, as well as classic portrait mode. This view will allow the user to see more of the landscape and will give an experience closer to playing the game on a widescreen

THQ Wireless added that Worms 2008: A Space Oddity for mobile phones will be available in June this year. While waiting for the release and other updates, check out the screenshots below.

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One hundred of the world’s top game development studios were recently listed on the fourth annual Develop 100. The book was published by Sheridans, amBX, and the editorial team for Develop magazine, the leading international publication for games developers.

Based on the numbers released earlier this year, it’s no surprise that Nintendo took the top spot in the 2008 edition of the Develop 1000. EA Canada comes in behind Nintendo after enjoying the top place in the previous three editions of the book.

The results of the Develop 100 also showed growth in many of the European studios and other development teams in the UK. It was also noted that there were widely reported pressures from low-cost development centers in Canada, with 12 studios making up 221 million (US 437 million) in terms of revenues.

There’s also a free digital edition of the listing, which can be viewed through the source link that we’ve provided below.

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If you enjoyed the last Nordic Game conference and are looking forward to this year’s event, we’ve got some news for you courtesy of a recent press release from the event’s organizers.

It seems that quite a number of huge names from the video game industry such as Mark Rein from Epic Games and Ross Erickson from Sierra Online will be speaking at the Business and Productions sessions.

The press release also gave out a few details on two events that will be held during the conference: Art of the Deal and Top Models.

Art of the Deal, a round table discussion on the pitching process, will feature Epic VP Mark Rein, MGS Biz Dev Director Peter Zetterberg, Sierra Online’s VP Acquisitions Ross Erickson, Team 17’s Studio Director Martyn Brown, DDM’s CEO Jeff Hilbert, Capcom’s Product and Biz Dev Director Andy Boyes. Moderating the discussion will be President of Nordic game development agency Peligroso Entertainment Group Tobias Sjogren.

Top Models, a panel discussion on new business models in the online space, will be held by Nexon America’s director game operations Min Kim, France Telecom Biz Dev Director’s Mickael Ivorra, NCsoft’s External Biz Dev Manager Diane Lagrange, Sierra Online’s VP Acquisitions Ross Erickson,

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We’ve got two bits of news coming in for the guys who buy their titles via Valve Corporation’s Steam content delivery service. The site is has just announced that Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed title (also on the PS3, Xbox 360, and DS) is now available for download.

The game’s Personal computer port will carry four exclusive mission types, including the Rooftop Race Challenge, and the Archer Stealth Assassination Challenge. Also being made available on Steam is a pre-order for the upcoming Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas 2 (Xbox 360, PS3, Computer) FPS.

The game itself is expected to launch on April 16 (Wednesday) next week, and will be available for download for a price of US 49.95. We note that the RSV2 pre-order is currently limited to the territories of North America and Canada.

Along with the pre-order, Steam is currently offering the original Rainbow Six title for the Computer for a marked down price of US 19.95. Those interested in reading further regarding these deals will want to visit Steam for further details.

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If you’re competitive in nature, you can definitely use that to your advantage in Electronic Arts upcoming UEFA Euro 2008 (Computer, PS3, Xbox 360, PSP). The game features a one-of-a-kind daily competition called Battle of the Nations.

Players get to choose countries they want to represent once they log into EA’s on the internet servers. Do take note that you can’t easily change that information once you’re on the web. This is to prevent from people to change countries on a whim which could be used in destructive means to lower other country’s scores.

With that out of the way, we get into the details of the matches in Battle of the Nations. Every match played will generate a score. This score will be added to the scores of the other players from around the globe. All positions acquired by the countries will be converted into points which will reflect in the overall leaderboards.

There are a total of five different leaderboards: Kick Off (Team), Kick Off (Be a Pro), UEFA Euro 2008, Captain Your Country, and the Euro On the internet Knockout Cup. Be informed that midnight (CET) happens to be the cut-off time for a previous day’s round of play and the beginning of a new day’s worth of soccer. The top 250 gamers in any of the five leaderboards will receive a trophy the following day. Meanwhile, the top ten countries will be rewarded with points.

If you guys want to know more about the nitty-gritty details on the Battle of the Nations, feel free to visit the link below. We’ll keep you guys updated with the latest news on the game.

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If terrorizing your sims with flying saucers wasn’t exactly your cup of tea, then you’ll want to hear about recent update being announced for SimCity Societies. The devs recently released the game’s fourth patch, which brings several new bug fixes and features with it.

Headlining the new patch will be the release of two new monsters: The Burgazoid 6000, and the Ornithosaurus Wrecks.

The patch will also carry six new buildings, two new crises, new building abilities, and a new mod management tool. The last item in the list will enable players to enable,

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As a concluding activity to the MI6 game marketing conference, top dogs of the gaming industry joined in a panel. The moderator was analyst Michael Pachter, with the panelists being Nolan Bushnell, Alex St. John, Peter Moore, Kathy Vrabeck, and Laurent Detoc.

Ubisoft North American president Detoc started the discussion by speaking about how the consumer would be like in the future. He said that by making games more accessible, more people turn into gamers.

He continued on by saying that games aren’t able to reinvent itself that much – “it gets better, but it’s not newer.” He concluded by saying that games are evolutionary and not revolutionary.

Peter Moore continued this discussion by saying that he sees a future in motion. He said that games that cater to health and wellness are only the tip of the iceberg. There’s still a lot more left to be discovered when people play in their living rooms in the future.

Since he was talking about motion, Moore said more of his claims about the future. He stated, “By the time we get to 2020 we’ll be on par with any entertainment that’s ever existed. The word ‘gaming’ will disappear.”

Alongside this disappearing act of the word, Alex St. John made a strong statement on one of the things that’ll be gone in the gaming industry. He said that the console business will be disappearing as well. He reasons that “a console is designed to prevent you from playing games that you didn’t pay for.” Unlike World of Warcraft, however, it can’t be stolen. He concluded that “consoles go away,” eventually at least.

Well, these are certainly interesting views and concepts about the future of gaming. What do you guys think? Feel free to comment below to agree or disagree with the statements mentioned above.

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