[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.

Organizers of the 2010 Game Developers Conference, the world's largest industry-only event dedicated to the advancement of interactive entertainment, has announced an all-time record of 18,250 game industry professionals attending San Francisco's Moscone Convention Center for the March 9th-13th event.

Surpassing last year's total of 17,000 attendees, the event - created by the UBM Techweb Game Network, as is this website - brought together experienced game developers, publishers, deal makers, industry aspirants and working press for more than 400 lectures, panels, summits, tutorials and roundtable discussions.

Offering a full five days of content, the event also hosted an extensive Exposition floor, featuring the biggest firms in the games space alongside the Career Pavilion and associated Game Career Seminar.

Also presented were the 12th Annual Independent Games Festival, the 10th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards, Game Connection America, and more opportunities for networking, discussing business, sharing knowledge, and meeting with equally-devoted fellow developers.

Following the success of the show, organizers of the Game Developers Conference have announced that GDC 2011 will return to the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco from Monday, February 28 to Friday, March 4, 2011, with a call for lecture submissions to open this Summer.

A quality week for European PS3 and PSP owners - you can now buy Mega Man 10 for £7.99 / €9.99, and the new Minis title for Rocket Racing for £3.99 / €4.99.

Outside of that we have the Minis version of Ice Road Truckers, and 4 PSOne classics I don't think anyone has ever heard of before. Check them all out below.

Team 17 have updated their current situation of their upcoming digital titles, courtesy of their Facebook page.

First up - the PlayStation Network will be receiving the Xbox Live Arcade title Worms 2 Armageddon closer to the summer, and is currently in closed beta testing. The PSN version will include additions, enhancements, modifications and a few surprises compared to its Xbox Live Arcade brother.

Meanwhile the Xbox Live Arcade version will soon be getting a Battle Pack DLC, which features a bunch of new single player and multiplayer content with new achievements and play modes. The expansion will pop up this Spring, price is not finalized.

Worms: Battle Islands, which is coming to both WiiWare and PSP (digital only, but not a mini) will be launching sometime in spring - fully featured titles and published by Team 17 themselves - they're happy to note that this will have no crazy publisher intervention like they've had in the past. They'll be launching in Spring, with more news coming soon.

Alien Breed Evolution is still on its way to the PlayStation Network, and the second episode in the series will be shown at GDC.

Team 17 are still hard at work on more titles but aren't disclosing anything right now.3 to 4are all likely set for digital distribution. Whether they're more episodes of Alien Breed, more Rebirths (Superfrog!) or entirely new IP, well we'll have to wait and see.

Pretty quiet on the PlayStation Network today - a new bundle that includes both Episode 1 and Episode 2 of the Penny Arcade Adventures series can now be bought for $14.99 - that's less than the purchase of the first episode on the Xbox Live Arcade! We also have a cheaper Puzzle Fighter HD Remix - now $4.99 for a week.

We also have a new expansion for Topatoi, the Pillar Of The Skies expansion ($7.99) has new environments and a cooperative mode, oddly priced since the main game costs that much now.

For minis we've got 5 new titles - one of them is VectorTD, a new desktop tower defense title for $3.99. The 4 other titles are Digi-Tiles ($2.99), Earthshield ($2.99), Legend of Kunoichi ($2.99) and Smashbreak ($2.99), but we know very little about them. We've got ESRB descriptions but no screenshots - apparently they're made by Sony themselves? Who knows.

In this round-up, Gamasutra highlights some of the notable jobs posted in its industry-leading game jobs section this week, including positions from Sledgehammer Games, Crystal Dynamics 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:

Activision Minneapolis: Associate Producer
"Great games start with great people. Join Activision Minneapolis to help take some of the biggest brands in the business to the next level, our portfolio includes, Bakugan, Monster Jam, Cabela's, Rapala, iCarly and many more household names. We run a flat organization where innovation, passion, personal responsibility and individual contribution are valued and rewarded appropriately. If you are a success oriented, proven high achiever, we want to hear from you."

Just one solitary item this week on the European PlayStation Store - Vandal Hearts: Flames Of Judgement, the prequel to the PSOne classic tactical RPG. It's a month late, but you can grab it now for £9.99 / €12.99.

Oddly quiet this week on the minis front, hmm.

According to the ESRB and the Australian Classification board, classic SNK titles will be coming to the PlayStation Network, and playable on both the PS3 and PSP.

Alpha Mission II, Baseball Stars Professional, League Bowling and Super Sidekicks have all been rated on the ESRB for both systems. This appears to be based on the same sort of deal that PSOne Classics and the Japanese Turbografx titles are based on - strictly emulated titles to download on both systems.

Based on the initial lineup, the pickings seem to be pretty small. Games like the King of Fighters and games that have already appeared on the Xbox Live Arcade. In fact, all these titles have not been on the Nintendo Virtual Console either, so it seems that there are a lot of exclusitivity involved with SNK titles on digital platforms at the moment.

We should get an official update soon, hopefully with a list of upcoming titles.

[Every week we round up the top news and interviews of the last week from console digital download site GamerBytes, featuring new information about Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network, WiiWare, DSiWare and PSN Minis.]

This week we had a lot of Nintendo news from their 2010 Media Summit - X-Scape, Rotozoa, Light Trax and Metal Torrent, alongside other titles, have all been announced for release soon.

In the past seven days, there have been tons of new releases on console digital download formats, too - three quality titles on XBLA, Flight Control and Castlevania on Wii/DSiWare -- and did I mention Age Of Zombies on PSN? It's the Halfbrick-developed game I worked on the level design for - give it a shot, I hope you enjoy it!

GamerBytes Originals

Interview: Sarbakan On Lazy Raiders

Store Updates

XBLA Update - Lazy Raiders, Fret Nice, Greed Corp And Cheap Duke Nukem
NA PSN Store Update - Grandia, Age Of Zombies, Greed Corp And More
EU PSN Store Update - Age Of Zombies, Greed Corp, Blue Toad Murder Files 3
NA Nintendo Update - Flipper, Flight Control And More
EU Nintendo Update - Castlevania Rebirth, Dracula: Undead Awakening, Bird & Bombs And More

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 ArenaNet, Sucker Punch 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:

ArenaNet: International Project Manager
"ArenaNet is seeking to hire an International Project Manager for a job opening on the International Product Team. The primary function of the International Project Manager is to manage and coordinate international projects for the ArenaNet Business team and to act as a primary contact for Asian partners. Other areas of responsibility include managing product localization, market research and data analysis."

Surprise! One of Game Art's best RPGs is now available on the PlayStation Network - $9.99 will get you Grandia, a turn based title featuring beautiful 2D graphics and many hours of gameplay.

Also this week is Greed Corp, the turn-based PSN title for $9.99. On the minis front we've got Age Of Zombies (which I worked on, so you should buy it), The Terminator and Retro Cave Flyer.

Hooray,Age Of Zombies is now available in the minis store - both playable on the PS3 and PSP. I worked diligently on the games' level design, and for the low low price of £3.99 / €4.99 I hope you enjoy it.

Greed Corp is also available this week for just £7.99 / €9.99. This must be the first games in a while to come out on XBLA and all regions of PSN in the same week - good job W! Games!

And finally the third episode of the Blue Toad Murder Files is available for free to those who bought the original. You can also still find the multiple minis and specials offers available below.

[Every week we round up the top news and interviews of the last week from console digital download site GamerBytes, featuring new information about Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network, WiiWare, DSiWare and PSN Minis.]

A bit of a quiet week this week. In fact, only 2 major news stories made it out - the fact that Midway's XBLA titles have been removed, and Krome Studios have announced a new title for the PlayStation Network.

But that allows us to have full view of our monthly analysis of Xbox Live Arcade and the PlayStation Network sales. To find out what did well last month, give them a look.

Gamerbytes Originals

In-Depth: Xbox Live Arcade Sales Analysis, January 2010

In-Depth: North American PlayStation Network Sales Analysis, January 2010

Store Updates
XBLA Update - P.B Winterbottom, Plus Cheap Battlefield 1943
NA PSN Store Update - Cheap Marvel Vs. Capcom 2, PSOne Games And More
EU PSN Store Update - Wounded Dragons, Alien Zombie Death, Minis Month, Deals Galore And More
NA Nintendo Update - Ace Attorney 2, Sonic & Knuckles, Prehistorik Man, Scrabble Classic And More
EU Nintendo Update - Flight Control, Phoenix Wright, Tales Of Monkey Island 5 And More

Microsoft (Xbox Live Arcade, XBL Indies)

Midway Titles Removed From XBLA
You cannnot download Ultimate Mortal Kombat III anymore.

Sony (PlayStation Network, Minis)

Blade Kitten Episodic Platformer Announced For PlayStation Network
"Krome Studios has announced that their title Blade Kitten will be released this spring in an episodic form, heading exclusively to the PlayStation Network."