2011 is here and guess what our friends at Electronic Arts join us in wishing our readers and patrons at Tube5800 a very Happy New Year 2011. As we gave it way with the title of our post, one of the best selling real-time tactics video games of all times-Command and Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight is available as a free download exclusively at the Ovi store.

Tiberian Twilight as you may know is the latest and final chapter of Kane saga of the Command and Conquer series. So yeah, Tube5800ers are getting the latest game for free and before you head to ovi store to download this game, check out our brief review, after the break. Read more »

Remember the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles of the 80s? We were definitely hooked on to the TV series during our childhood days then and though we didn’t find a game from the very series for our 5800s, we managed to dig out the next best thing: A Ninja based games for 5800!

Ninjani is the name of the game and it has a very catchy story for you to be hooked on to. Unlike the Ninja turtles who prey on the bad guys on the streets of New York, Ninjani takes you the orignal land of Ninjas- Japan. A certain emperor from the land of rising sun has just been assassinated by a dreaded clan of Ninjas and the princess has been kidnapped as well. So now your mission is to retrieve the Princess from the Ninjas. Amazing story, ain’t it? Does the game live up to the build-up of the story? Let’s find out after the break. Read more »

It’s been a while since we kicked some a** on our 5800s and we were looking for some action games over at the Ovi store. That’s when we stumbled upon one of the new entries in the store- The Train Defender.

The game as the name might have suggested by now is all about defending the train from an onslaught of machine gun waving rogues. Hmm, sounds like a good story line for an action game. But how does it fare out as a game on our 5800s? Find out after the break. Read more »

Remember that brick game which was such a rage in the 90s? Well, gear up for something similar for Zum Zum is one such addictive game, you are not gonna be putting your 5800s down, once you download this game, for it has everything you could ever ask for in a game: addictive gameplay, good graphics and simple rules.

Did we go overboard with the description? We don’t think so, but you can as well see for yourself, when you go through our brief review after the jump. Read more »

How’s the gaming scenario on 5800 looking like for you guys? Well, there have been some popular titles from other platforms like the Asphalt, Prince of Persia etc, which have been bundled in the Symbian package and the hardcore gamer has been kept on his toes for a while. But, off late there has been not much of a movement from big names, but Sonic Jump from SEGA is a welcome change.

When a major game developer like SEGA comes up with a game, you don’t think twice before downloading that game and when they bundle the game as a free download, there is no reason not to get this game on your 5800. But is the game worth a download? Let’s find out, after the break. Read more »

If you are the ones who scream at the very sight of a cock-roach, then read no further for this game is all about cockroaches. No, the developers are not glorifying this species for the world already knows about their holocaust survival capabilities. Instead what the game let’s you do is squash cockroaches for fun!

Yeah, we are not kidding: the That Roach Game is all about killing cockroaches. If that’s grabbed your attention, let us inform you that this is one of the engaging games we have seen on our Nokia 5800s. Wondering how engaging can smashing cockroaches be? Find out after the break. Read more »

Get your groove on people for Nokia is all set to redefine the genre of racing games with its Ovi Maps Racing. Yeah you read it right, Ovi Maps and Racing bundled together in one package as an addicting game.

With Ovi Maps Racing, Nokia is taking game customisations to an all new level by allowing gamers to create their own tracks, right in their backyards if they wish to for racing on some of the hottest wheels. As innovative as the concept is, let’s see how the game fares on our 5800s. Read more »

When you read/hear Las Vegas, what’s the first thing that comes to your mind? Casinos and the bubbly nightlife right? Well, the same Vegas has been doing the rounds on the web but for a totally different reason this time around, courtesy Consumer Electronics Show or CES 2010 which recently concluded in the US abode of casinos and yeah Nokia did have a device or two up its sleeves but that’s not what we are gonna talk about here. We were more than amazed by this little preview of a promising game from Nokia- Bounce Boing Battle, which is a welcome addition to the gaming scenario on 5800s.

The game which brings real time interactive multi-player gaming to 5800s will be available for free on the Ovi store soon and is the latest addition to Bounce series of games, which are pre-installed on every symbian fifth edition and maemo 5 devices. While, its too early to call this game a must have, the trailers are hinting us that we would anyway, once it is out. Find for yourselves what makes us say so, after the break though. Read more »

If you are one of those people who would prefer cracking a puzzle from the comfort of your homes especially when its so chilly and almost inhumane outdoors, we have got something for you which might just kill your boredom atleast for a while. Thanks to OctoPuzzle, a free brainteaser from Lunagames.

Winter is also the season when it gets really hard to get that favorite seafood dish of yours, especially if you are on shoe-string budget in a land-locked country! Well, let us assure you that the new brainteaser will whet your seafood appetite too, but that’s rather subjective for those who would rather see some aquatic organism on their plates than on a LCD screen of their handheld. Whatever you prefer, chances are you are gonna find this octopus centric brainteaser handy to exercise your grey matter and before you proceed to ovi store to download this game, do check our brief review, after the break. Read more »

Offscreen Technologies, one of the best known developers for the symbian fifth edition platform have been doling out christmas giveaways on the ovi store for a while now. If you have been following closely on the development over at the ovi store, you would have noticed that Offscreen has been dishing out one paid app after another, sans the price tag.

The latest to join the bandwagon of paid to free apps/games from Offscreen Technologies is the Airport Touch, a fun little game, wherein the gamer has to direct the incoming flights to the landing strip of a virtual airport. Sounds interesting? Hit on the jump button for more tid-bits of this game on our 5800s. Read more »