Nokia has officially announced over on the N-Gage Blog, that they plan to shut down the N-Gage gaming service.

Nokia says that they will ‘no longer publish new games for the N-Gage platform‘ but instead games will be provided through the Ovi Store.

“N-Gage games can be purchased until the end of September 2010. While the N-Gage.com site together with the N-Gage Arena and other community features will remain in operation throughout 2010, the Ovi Store will be the new central place for all the mobile games that Nokia and other publishers offer from this point forward.”

They also go on to say :

“Your games are safe – all your purchased N-Gage games will continue to work on your N-Gage compatible mobile device and they’re yours to keep. However, community features of the games will not be functional after 2010….We will no longer publish new games for the N-Gage platform.”

You can still purchase the current lot of N-Gage games until September 2010. After that it’s pretty much Dunzo. The N-Gage website and the N-Gage Arena service though, will be available throughout 2010.