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October 14, 2009

Top 50 iPhone Games: 30-21

Top 50 iPhone Games: 30-21
We continue with our countdown of the best 50 iPhone games on the market at present with numbers 30-21.
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30. Wurdle

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Next-Gen DS Planned For Late 2010 – Report

Next-Gen DS Planned For Late 2010 – Report

Graphics chip firm Nvidia has reportedly won a contract to provide technology for a next-gen Nintendo handheld.

Citing anonymous sources, IT news site BSN reports that Nvidia will supply a “Tegra system-on-chip processor” for the successor to the DS/DSi.

The site suggests that the new handheld will launch in late 2010, featuring “smarter” graphics and likely DS backwards compatibility.

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MMOs Finally Getting Australian Ratings

MMOs Finally Getting Australian Ratings

Changes to Australia’s classification process appear set to allow online-only games to receive ratings for the first time.

Up until recently, massively multiplayer online games weren’t rated by Australia’s Office of Film and Literature Classification (OFLC). Titles like World Of Warcraft were deemed unclassifiable because they didn’t fit the organisation’s definition of computer games.

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Let’s Burn Down D.C.

The new Modern Warfare 2 trailer promises to take the fight not just to modern times, but to the streets of the American capital, where war breaks out in sight of the White House. But here’s what’s funny about that: this summer, small clutches of angry Americans fantasized about shooting up the city for real.

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Review: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Review: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Format: PS3
Release: Out now
Publisher: SCE
Developer: Naughty Dog

Screenshot gallery

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Infamous, Resistance Sequels Underway?

Infamous, Resistance Sequels Underway?

Evidence has emerged that sequels to Sucker Punch’s Infamous and Insomniac’s Resistance 2 are in the works.

Voice actor David Sullivan said in a recent Twitter post that he was auditioning for the lead role of Cole in a sequel to open-world action title Infamous, which launched exclusively for PS3 in May 2009.

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Sony Launches PS3 Compatible Mobile Phone

Sony Launches PS3 Compatible Mobile Phone

Sony Ericsson has launched the PS3 compatible Aino mobile phone handset.

The device offers Remote Play functionality, enabling users to access and control their PS3 media content on the go via a local network or the internet.

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GameStop Director Offloads $60.2 Million In Shares

GameStop Director Offloads $60.2 Million In Shares

GameStop director Leonard Riggio has sold 2.3 million shares in the US retailer, worth $60.2 million.

Following the sale, Riggio holds 9.1 million shares, or a 5.5 per cent stake in the company. He is also the founder and chairman of Barnes & Noble, which once owned GameStop. He holds a 31 per cent stake in the firm valued at around $369.1 million.

Spokespeople for GameStop and Barnes & Noble told Barron's that Riggio sold the shares for tax planning reasons.

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October 13, 2009

September’s Top XBLA, PSN Games

September’s Top XBLA, PSN Games

Trials HD and TMNT: Turtles In Time Re-Shelled were September’s top-selling titles on Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network respectively.

RedLynx’s Trials HD, which has sold over 300,000 copies since releasing on August 12, took the top spot on the XBLA chart for four out of five weeks during the month.

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Playtesting

Sean Murray The counter says “Attempt 67”. Grant is biting his fist and I’m miming at him to just keep quiet. This could be the one and we can all go home. Rob jumps, bashes his head again at exactly the same spot and we all let out a groan. “Attempt 68”...
 

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Wii Play America’s Best-Selling Title Of The Decade

Wii Play America’s Best-Selling Title Of The Decade

Wii Play has sold 11.1 million copies in the US since launch, making it North America’s top-selling game this decade.

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Flight Simulator Vets Launch New Studio

Flight Simulator Vets Launch New Studio

Former members of Microsoft’s Aces Studio have founded Cascade Game Foundry, a new Washington-based developer intent on broadening the simulation market.

“Not only will Cascade Game Foundry address the significant hole in the simulation market left by Microsoft’s recent departure, it will push new boundaries with the latest in cutting-edge graphics, simulation and web technology,” the company said.

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Oxygen Games Staff And IP Picked Up

Oxygen Games Staff And IP Picked Up

All former Oxygen Games employees have been recruited by sales and distribution firm OG International.

Headed by ex-Oxygen boss Jim Scott, OG also acquired the general interest and family game publisher’s IP and stock after it went into administration earlier this week, reports MCV.

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Blitz 1UP Signs New Games, Producer

Blitz 1UP Signs New Games, Producer

Blitz Games Studios’ 1UP label has signed three new titles, greenlit four more and appointed Neil Holmes as producer.

One of the latest titles to sign up with the label – which aims to help smaller teams get their games to market - is 3D puzzler Mole Control from new studio Remode Limited.

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China Q2 Game Revenues Top $900 Million

China Q2 Game Revenues Top $900 Million

Chinese online games revenues hit 6.18 billion yuan ($906m/£576m)) during the second quarter, up 39.5 per cent year-on-year, according to data released on Tuesday by research firm Analysys International.

Free-to-play games operator Tencent Holdings held 20.2 per cent of the market and generated 1.24 billion yuan in revenues, reports Reuters.

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Community Spotlight

Community Spotlight

Presenting highlights from Edge's community-written blogs, with another take on emergent narrative, a comedic look at the Wii, and books that should be games.

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Scotland Seeks To Retain Development Talent

Scotland Seeks To Retain Development Talent

Secretary of State for Scotland Jim Murphy has pledged to support the country’s games developers by whatever means possible.

After it was reported that tax holidays for game creators could tempt leading Scottish studios like Realtime Worlds to relocate to Ireland, Murphy said that new local tax relief measures could be introduced.

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UK Chart: FIFA Outscores Operation Flashpoint

UK Chart: FIFA Outscores Operation Flashpoint

EA’s FIFA 10 held the top spot on the UK all formats chart during the week ended October 10 despite a 64 per cent drop in sales.

Last week the publisher said that the footy game had become the fastest selling sports title ever, moving 1.7 million copies in its first week in Europe.

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October 12, 2009

Direct2Drive In Support Of Digital Sales Charts

Direct2Drive In Support Of Digital Sales Charts

PC- and Mac-based digital download retailer says charts will add credibility to digital download marketplace.

Rich Keen, marketing director of Direct2Drive, told MCV that he felt that the establishment of sales charts for digital downloads was an important step for the marketplace to progress.

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Oxygen Games Goes Into Administration

Oxygen Games Goes Into Administration

UK-based general interest and family game publisher goes into administration.

The company, whose highest profile release was Rebellion Developments’ PDC World Championship Darts 2009 in May, released the following statement:

"We would like to confirm that Oxygen Interactive Software Ltd has been placed into administration and that we have appointed FA Simms & Partners Ltd as administrators, who will be writing to creditors as soon as possible."

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Top 50 iPhone Games: 50-41

Top 50 iPhone Games: 50-41
Limitless choice doesn’t always equate to limitless pleasure, as anyone who’s ever spent a bus ride shuffling fruitlessly through the entirety of their record collection will understand. With well over 6,000 games already available on the App Store, it often feels like it’s getting harder to find something worth spending your cash on. This, then, is a list like few others: light on most traditional genres, and overflowing with strange new strains of gaming, from abstract assault courses to maths puzzlers and wrapping challenges.

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Fils-Aime: PSPgo Has A “Fundamental Concept Problem”

Fils-Aime: PSPgo Has A “Fundamental Concept Problem”

Nintendo Of America president asks 'Who's it for?' and 'What's the benefit?' of Sony’s PSP refit.

Speaking with the Washington Post, Fils-Aime said of the download-only handheld, "I have the utmost respect for all our competitors, but it's interesting to try and answer the consumer question of 'What's in it for me?' in that product."

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The Making Of: Q*bert

The Making Of: Q*bert
Format: Arcade
Release: 1982
Publisher: Gottlieb
Developer: Warren Davis/Jeff Lee

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October 09, 2009

EA Chief To Keynote Unity Conference

EA Chief To Keynote Unity Conference

Chief Creative Director Richard Hilleman will deliver speech about how new ways of playing videogames are creating new audiences.

His talk will lead Unite 2009, a conference dedicated to the increasingly popular 3D engine for browsers and iPhone that will take place October 27-30 in San Francisco.

Hilleman is a long-time EA employee who worked on the original Madden game and was instrumental to establishing the EA Sports label.

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EA Reveals Childrens’ Books Range For DS

EA Reveals Childrens’ Books Range For DS

Flip range, in conjunction with book publishers Penguin and Egmont Press, will launch December 4.

Each cartridge will feature six to eight different books by various high profile authors. The first set of titles will include Enid Blyton’s Enchanted Wood series, B.Strange’s Too Ghoul For School series and Eoin Colfer’s Artemis Fowl series.

Flips are designed to feel like reading a book, with pages flipping over, but will feature various extra components, from unlockable bonus content, quizzes, sound effects and character profiles.

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