Greenpeace: Nintendo hates the environment

Greenpeace has again called the business practices of Nintendo into question, claiming that the company is inadequate on many levels and that the Japanese game-maker is totally unwilling to talk about the issue.

Greenpeace spokesperson Iza Kruszewska spoke out to Edge on the topic and said that Nintendo showed a complete refusal to take the topic seriously and would not have any contact with charities like Greenpeace.

Quake 3 multiplayer now hostable on Nokia phones

Crafty coders have updated the mobile phone version of Quake 3: Arena for Nokia phones so that games can now be hosted from a handset.

Not only that, but compatible handsets can now also take advantage of mouse and keyboard support by using bluetooth-enabled peripherals with the game.

To get Quake 3 running on your mobile you'll need to have a copy of the game obviously, as well as a handset which features Texa's OMAP 2420 chipset technology. In English that means you can only host games on a Nokia N95 8GB, N82 and E90 according to Decoder.

Nokia leaves Japanese market

Finnish mobile giant Nokia has announced that it is to leave the Japanese mobile 'phone market.

According to CNet, the company will cease its manufacturing agreements with Japanese firms NTT DoCoMo and Softbank Mobile, but keep producing the occasional top-end handset under its Vertu branding.

Executive vice president Timo Ihamuotila said of the move that "in the current economic climate, we have concluded that the continuation of our investment in Japan-specific localised products is no longer sustainable.