Qwest Wireless launches multiplayer game service

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By Star Dingo

(IDG) -- nGame has announced an agreement with Qwest Wireless to provide a channel of 4 wireless multiplayer games for Web-enabled phones. The service is now live. nGame will host a channel of their most popular titles, including "Alien Fish Exchange," "Carrier Force," "Merchant Princes" and "Chop Suey Kung Fu" for Qwest Wireless Users with Web-enabled phones.

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"Merchant Princes" is a medieval trading game set in Europe. Players take on the role of merchants, bringing cargoes of furs, spices, timber, cloth, fish or religious relics from far-flung places to the increasingly hungry consumers of Europe. On the way, they must deal with pirates and bandits, and still outwit their rivals to bring in the best goods at the best profits. "Chop Suey Kung Fu" is a humorous multiplayer martial arts combat game. Players can choose to play against named individuals, provided their opponent is online or against a computer. "Carrier Force" is a competitive multiplayer naval combat game. Each player creates a fleet from a selection of 8 modern warships, which they can then pit in battle against a computer or human opponent. "Alien Fish Exchange" is a humorous game wherein players manage a tank of alien fish, a futuristic luxury commodity, which need to be fed and cared for in order to encourage them to breed. The aim of the game is to breed 47 species of alien fish. "Alien Fish Exchange" currently has more than 200,000 users around the globe.

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