Nokia, together with THQ Wireless, Lucasfilm and LucasArts, announced the release of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed for the Nokia
N-Gage platform in 2008.
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed puts players in Darth Vader's "Secret Apprentice" position, promising to reveal new secrets about the Star Wars world. The game brings an expansive story, set throughout the unexplored period between Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith and Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope.
In development by Universomo, THQ's studio based in Finland,
the mobile version of
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed will offer players exclusive community features: tournaments, score uploads or downloadable content, all via the N-Gage Arena services.
"We're proud to be able to deliver the next chapter in the Star Wars saga on the N-Gage platform", said Gregg Sauter, Publishing Director, Nokia. "Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Mobile game will take advantage of the N-Gage platform's robust native development environment to provide the ultimate mobile gaming experience, including powerful graphics, connectivity and community elements."
"THQ Wireless is dedicated to creating an awesome mobile Star Wars experience that delivers on the concept of unleashing the Force", says Adam Comisky, vice president of THQ Wireless. "The N-Gage platform makes it possible for us to release a rich mobile gaming experience to entertain as wide an audience as possible on N-Gage compatible devices."
"The launch of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed will be a major entertainment event in 2008, and bringing the game to the N-Gage mobile gaming platform is a big part of that because it means that millions of people around the world will be able to access the Star Wars: The Force Unleashed world right in the palm of their hand", said Howard Roffman, President of Lucas Licensing.
Besides the mobile version available via
Nokia, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed will be released for all the other important gaming platforms too: PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Wii, Xbox 360 and Nindendo DS.
