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Try to look at Gamertell.com on your cell phone. Go ahead, try it. Pretty crowded, eh? Takes a while to load, don’t it?

Forget that.

Now try m.Gamertell.com. Ah, much nicer, ain’t it? No photos. Just a list of the stories with links to the full post. No ads. Just the good stuff.

It’s just one more way we’re trying to better serve you in your info consuming needs.

Also check out mobile optimized versions of sister sites Gadgetell and Appletell as well. Don’t worry, if you go to mGamertell first, there’s a link to those, too…

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Hot off the heels of its botched attempt to acquire Take-Two, Electronic Arts has teamed up with Eidos to publish one of its biggest franchises. Tomb Raider: Underworld will make its way onto consoles in November of 2008, but it will also make an appearance on mobile devices as well.

Unlike the console versions, which are being published by Eidos Interactive, the rights to publish the mobile iteration of Tomb Raider: Underworld sits solely with EA Mobile. EA signed an agreement with Eidos giving it the right to publish Underworld, alongside mobile versions of Just Cause 2, California Games X, and Minesweeper...

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One of the most anticipated games of 2008, Will Wright’s civilization creation game Spore, will be released for the PC along with Spore Creatures on the Nintendo DS on September 7, 2008. The reach of Spore is also expanding to mobile phones thanks to a new agreement between AT&T and EA Mobile.

Spore: Origins is currently available exclusively to AT&T wireless customers. You’ll only be able to download Spore: Origins from now (July 18, 2008) until September 4, 2008. If you have high-speed internet service from AT&T you’re in for an extra treat. Now until September 20, 2008, AT&T is throwing in a free downloadable copy of…

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I contacted Visteon to get an update on its Dockable Entertaiment device with a built-in Game Boy Advance system.

To my pleasant surprise, not only did they confirm that the GBA version of the system is still available to be installed in vehicles but that the company is also looking into a DS and/or Wii version. Here’s the official response from a Visteon Corporate Communications representative…

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Nokia has rolled out the final version of the N-Gage service available on the N-Gage website. It can be downloaded using a PC or straight onto a compatible Nokia cellphone.

The handsets that are currently compatible with the N-Gage application include Nokia N81, Nokia N81 8GB, Nokia N82, Nokia N95, and Nokia N95 8GB. Nokia will continue to add more handsets to the list.

The N-Gage interface is…

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In 2007, Verizon Wireless customers gained the ability to download Guitar Hero Mobile to their phones for a small fee. Now in 2008 it is AT&T’s turn. AT&T customers can now follow the instructions on the Guitar Hero Mobile site to purchase and download the game for their phone. There are two purchase options, $7.99 unlimited use or $3.49 monthly subscription…

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The rebirth of the N-Gage seems to be marred with delays. It was earlier expected in November 2007, but then Nokia announced that the service would be delayed until December. Last week (Thursday, December 13, 2007), an official announcement had it releasing this week. But now there is another twist in the N-Gage tale, with a fresh entry on the official N-Gage blog announcing that the service is going to be delayed further.

All you Nokia phone owners with a passion for video games should forget the N-Gage First Access game service until 2008. According to the post on the blog, the N-Gage service and games are all working smoothly but there is a glitch that will need some fixing. This glitch was unraveled courtesy rigorous testing by the 1000 global testers of the new service.

Nokia hasn’t put a date on the release of the mobile gaming service but expects to fix the issues by the end of this year. There is also a possibility that not all of the big games, expected to be part of the launch line-up, are ready yet.

Read [N-Gage] via [Next-Gen]

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According to President of Airborne Entertainment, Andy Nulman, mobile phone games fail to attract gamers to portable gaming in the shadow of PCs and consoles. It’s hard enough to read the phone numbers off the tiny little screen much less see how you’re doing on the game.

Even trying to monitor your cell phone batteries while you play - hoping to make that final score before its completely drained completely - makes gaming on a cellular phone less attractive.

That is why Nulman is taking a different approach to cellphone gaming, declaring that “the passion isn’t there” during his recent keynote speech at the Playback Magazine Mobile Entertainment Forum (titled “Mobile: What Sucks and How to Fix It”). n his speech, Nulman discussed the many obstacles that have created indifferent consumers.

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Verizon Wireless and Sony BMG Music Entertainment has announced that its newest and exclusive mobile phone game, Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved Mobile, is now available to select Verizon Wireless Get It Now-capable phones including enV by LG, MOTOKRZR K1m and Samsung SCH-a950 cellphones.

In this modern arcade-style game with retro spirit, the player controls a space ship that must annihilate a never-ending onslaught of various enemy shapes. Players can use either four- or eight-way buttons, as well as the keypad to maneuver the game with the same precision as the original…

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D3 Publisher of America recently announced more release platforms for its wildly popular puzzle/RPG hybrid, Puzzle Quest. Gamers can expect the Wii, PS2 and PC versions to arrive Fall 2007, with a mobile incarnation coming in early 2008. An Xbox Live arcade version (already announced) is also arriving soon.

Since its March 2007 release, the DS release of Puzzle Quest has been burning up sales charts, especially the DS version, named the #1 selling puzzle game on Nintendo’s handheld, no easy feat with killer titles like Meteos and Planet Puzzle League as part of the lineup. The very definition of a sleeper hit, Puzzle Quest was quietly released and gathered fame largely by word of mouth and excellent reviews from major publications.

Anyone who hasn’t gotten completely, hopelessly addicted on the title’s mix of swords and sorcery style level building-meets-Bejeweled gameplay will have no excuse now. It will literally be available for every conceivable platform by early 2008.

Read [Shacknews] Also Read [Eurogamer]

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