Remember Groovin' Blocks? One of the first decent WiiWare titles? Well developer Empty Clip Studios have tidied it up, given it online Leaderboards, and have now released it on the PlayStation Network for $9.99.

Also this week you can preorder the upcoming Sam & Max Season 3 - for just $29.99 you'll get all 5 episodes - that's saving 20 bucks!

For PSOne we've got a game called One, in which I can find absolutely nothing about. Also a game called Jigsaw Madness. Really?

For PS3 and PSP minis we've finally got Break Quest for $3.99, and we've got some download specific PSP titles - The Red Star for $14.99, and Patchwork Heroes for $9.99

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In our latest employment-specific round-up, we highlight some of the notable jobs posted in big sister site Gamasutra's industry-leading game jobs section this week, including positions from SCEA Santa Monica, WB Games and more.

Each position posted by employers will appear on the main Gamasutra job board, and appear in the site's daily and weekly newsletters, reaching our readers directly.

It will also be cross-posted for free across its network of submarket sites, which includes content sites focused on online worlds, cellphone games, 'serious games', independent games and more.

Some of the notable jobs posted this week include:

Gameloft: 3D Graphics Programmer
"As a member of our engineering team you will be part of the full development cycle of 3D video games for iPhone from start to finish, primarily focusing on 3D graphics. Duties could include: Analyze existing 3D functions in the engine and adapt them so they are compatible with current conventions; Support 3D functions and systems conceived for the production; Work with Game Developers, as well as Design teams to determine the different constraints of the game and put all the elements together."

Guerrilla Games: Senior Game Designer
"Guerrilla Games is looking to add a battle-hardened Senior Game Designer to its ranks for an upcoming project. If you're recruited, you will play a pivotal role in formulating the game design and guarding the game's vision. You will also act as a mentor, problem solver and source of bravery and inspiration for your fellow troops."

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North America got Rondo of Blood earlier this week, and now Europe can bathe in some quality Castlevania action - at the slightly more expensive price of 900 Points. Another Virtual Console title is Milon's Secret Castle, which is not nearly as good, for 600 Points.

For WiiWare we have a single game - Muscle March, the ridiculous movement game for just 500 Points.

On DSiWare we've got 5 new titles that range from the awesome to the weird - Photo Dojo for 200 Points (definitely watch the video), Car Jack Streets for 800 Points, Libera Wing, a new desktop tower defense game for 800 Points, and Flips: The Enchanted Wood for 500 Points. This new Flips is actually the Enid Blyton book of the same name, which I loved as a kid.

What's the final DSiWare game you say? Flashlight, which is a flashlight. Yup, it's a 200 Point program to make your screen white. Come on, seriously now, this is ridiculous.

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Creat Studios' Wakeboarding HD is now available for £11.99 / €14.99 on the European PSN Store. Also available this week is the new Mini NormalTanks for £3.99 / €3.49, and a new cheap deal - you can now grab 1942: Joint Strike for £3.99/€4.99 until the 1st of April.

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The elusive Waldo / Wally is coming to WiiWare and DSiWare, so says the Australian Classification board.

The popular book series recently made its way to downloadable PC game (on the Games for Windows marketplace) and also popped up on the iPhone, now it'll be coming to both Wii and DS in 3 separate "Travel Pack" selections. As the iPhone version had 12 maps with multiple scenarios, I imagine this might split them into packs of 4 maps each.

Eh, it's Waldo / Wally. It'll fit right in with the direct control of the two consoles, and hopefully it's cheap enough to warrant a quick purchase. Another example of "make a game, port it to everything".

Source: WHERE'S WALLY? THE FANTASTIC JOURNEY TRAVEL PACK 1

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Perfect Dark is now available for 800 Microsoft Points. Go grab it.

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Do you want 11 minutes of jewel matching action? Gamespot are here to help.

Puzzle Quest 2 is looking great, I'd say it already looks better than Puzzle Chronicles, which Infinite Interactive developed but hasn't been released yet. Artistically it's better than anything Infinite have released, that's for sure.

I played the original game on the DS, so I'll be interested to see how if this one will work me over on a digital platform, heck I still need to go back and finish Gyromancer.

What say you reader? Ready for more Puzzle Quest? Do you have 30+ hours to kill on your console?

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Independent developer and publisher, IllFonic, have announced that they plan to bring PC shooter Nexuiz to consoles.

Nexuiz has been an open source project on the PC which startd in 2005, and was based on a heavily altered Quake 1 engine, which was available through GNU licensing. The game has made tremendous strides since its release from the original developer Alientrap Software, now IllFonic plan to bring it to consoles. Their plans seem similar to that of Babo: Invasion on Xbox Live Arcade last year, but Nexuiz will be coming to both XBLA and PSN.

This new version will contain a new art direction for the series but will keep the same fast paced style of the PC game. It now joins a very large list of upcoming shooters on XBLA - which already includes Monday Night Combat, Lead & Gold, Quake Arena Arcade, DOOM II and Blacklight: Tango Down just to name a few. Will this hold up against the competition, or fall on its face like Cellfactor did?

Source: IllFONIC BRINGS UNDERGROUND ARENA FPS, NEXUIZ TO CONSOLE GAMERS

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[GamerBytes editor Ryan Langley examines February 2010's PlayStation Network debuts and continuing successes, with charts and leaderboard data, to find out what digital PSN titles are doing well at the start of the year.]

Back in 2008 February was the launching pad for several big titles - Flower, Noby Noby Boy and NHL 3-On-3 Arcade, but this year it's very quiet - Greed Corp and Fret Nice.

Can either of them stand up against last years titles, and how are older titles doing right now? We take a look at the PlayStation Network Top 10 for North America as well as Leaderboard statistics for a selection of popular titles to see how well games are selling on the service.

Continue reading "In-Depth: North American Playstation Network Sales, February 2010" »

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It appears that some Joystiq sleuths popped up over to the South by Southwest Screenburn Arcade to take a look at the Twisted Pixel booth, and low and behond - Michael Wilford was showing off the first footage of Comic Jumper in action.

Looks quite good at the moment - certainly looks like 'Splosion Man with guns. The gunplay actually reminds me of the upcoming XBLA game Shank.

According to Joystiq they'll be getting some direct feed footage later this week, so keep a look out.

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Popular PSN publisher Creat Games have revealed their latest addition to the PlayStation Network library - Wakeboarding HD, bringing the water sport into the next generation.

From the press release:

Wakeboarding HD drops players into 20 top-velocity, water-filled levels to maneuver through tracks, perform high-flying tricks, collect bonuses and avoid dangers from exploding mines to bloodthirsty sharks. Show your skills and transform the South Pacific paradise resort into an action-packed extreme playground.

The game will retail for $14.99USD and €14.99, and will be available this week in Europe and next week in North America.

Source: PSNStores.com

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We've seen the opening scene of Shank over and over now, but now Klei have saved us with footage of some of the later levels, and a new boss encounter.

It's still some ways away from being finished, but it's still looks pretty sweet. This versus The Dishwasher 2 is going to be pretty hardcore fight at the year's end.

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Limbo is a strange game - a platformer set in a striking black-and-white world where you're on the search for your lost sister. It's been in development for years, but now we can get a glimpse of the game for the Xbox Live Arcade. Not a whole lot is shown, but it's piqued my interest at least.

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[Sister site GamerBytes' editor Ryan Langley examines February 2010's Xbox Live Arcade debuts and continuing successes, with charts and leaderboard data, for a look at how XBLA titles are performing.]

February has always been a strange period for the Xbox Live Arcade - in previous years, it was the birthing ground of popular titles like 3-on-3 NHL Arcade and less likely titles like Discs Of Tron. There have been successes and failures, but much has changed since last year.

For 2010 we've seen publishers try something a little different -- we had 6 new titles this February, 5 which have a Metacritic of over 79. This included the release of Zoe Mode and OneBigGame's Chime, an inexpensive charity game, as well as the release of Introversion's Darwinia+ and The Odd Gentlemen's P.B Winterbottom..

We’ll see how they’ve done in this analysis, as well as look at the new Top 20 lists released by the Major Nelson blog:

Continue reading "In-Depth: Xbox Live Arcade Sales Analysis, February 2010" »

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The news may have leaked out a little early, but now it's confirmed -- Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse will be coming to the PlayStation Network, and it's coming very soon.

Starting April 15th you'll be able to buy the first episode of the third Sam & Max season on PSN, or you'll be able to pre-order the full season for a slightly cheaper fee. This has worked previously on the PC via Telltale's website, but now Telltale are able to continue with this on consoles. I'm sure they wish they could have done the same for the Wallace & Gromit series on the Xbox Live Arcade.

The season will start April 15th, but in the meantime check out this Quick Look from Giant Bomb.

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