PlayStation has announced it has acquired porting studio Nixxes “to further elevate PlayStation Studios exclusive titles.”
The Dutch studio has been around since 1999 and is best known for numerous ports including Windows PC releases of
Legacy of Kain 2, Tomb Raider Legend, Tomb Raider Anniversary, Tomb Raider Underworld, Deus Ex Human Revolution, Hitman Absolution, Thief and more.
“I highly respect Nixxes and am excited for this very experienced team to become part of the world-class development community at SIE,” Head of PlayStation Studios, Hermen Hulst, said in a statement. “They have a passion for improving games and for delivering the best possible experience for gamers. Nixxes will be a strong asset for everyone across PlayStation Studios, helping our teams focus on their most important goal, which is to create unique PlayStation content at the best possible quality.”
A developer has released a Symbian/N-Gage emulator on the Google Play Store.
This allows you to play N-Gage games on your Android smartphone.
The Nokia N-Gage was arguably the first proper gaming phone around, offering a D-pad, face buttons, and cartridge-based games back in 2003. It’s widely considered to be a commercial failure, but it still had a few interesting titles though.
Now, a Symbian emulator dubbed EKA2L1 has surfaced on the Google Play Store, and it indeed allows you to run N-Gage titles on your current Android phone. According to developer Play Software, the emulator supports Nokia’s ill-fated taco phone as well as Symbian S60v1, S60v3, and S60v5.