In this 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 Blizzard, Microsoft Game Studios 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 in each market area this week include:

Gradius ReBirth

Wii Points: 600
Game Type: Arcade, Shooter
Control Type: Wii Remote, Nunchuk, Classic, or GameCube
Players: 1
Publisher:, Konami

"Blast your way through levels filled with alien spaceships and otherworldly creatures in this retro side-scrolling shooter. Pick your weapons carefully and upgrade them to create a devastating arsenal of space-aged weapons that will aid you in your challenging mission. Players can post their high scores to worldwide leader boards via Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection and see where they rank against all the other Gradius ReBirth players. Test your skills with Gradius ReBirth and see if you have what it takes to beat this action-packed arcade shooter."

Bit Boy!!

Wii Points: 600
Game Type: Arcade
Control Type: Wii Remote, Nunchuk, Classic, or GameCube
Players: 1
Publisher: Bplus

"Bit Boy!!, is a totally new kind of game mix in which one-pixel-hero Kubi rushes through the whole history of videogames in order to save his pixel pals. Players accompany Kubi in this totally crazy-pixellated retro journey and battle hordes of nasty monsters in 4-bit dungeons, 8-bit caves, 16-bit strongholds, 32-bit mazes, 64-bit arenas and 128-bit worlds."

Ogre Battle™: The March of the Black Queen™
Original platform: Super Nintendo (Import)
Publisher: Square Enix
Players: 1
Price: 900 Wii Points

"It's up to you to defeat the Empire! It's been nearly a quarter of a century since the Zetegenian Empire first conquered the Kingdoms of Zenobia with a wrath of fear and bloodshed. You are the leader of a band of rebels who have fought to preserve the last shred of honor in this desperate time of treachery. Manage the ranks of a full-blown rebel army, complete with hundreds of characters, magic items, weapons, and mystical Tarot cards. You must succeed in ousting the evil usurpers, as your fate, and that of the entire population, depends on it!"

Pulseman
Original platform: Sega Megadrive (Import)
Publisher: Sega
Players: 1
Price: 900 Wii Points

(via Wikipedia) "In the 21st century, noted scientist and computer engineer Doc Yoshiyama had succeeded in creating the world's most advanced Artificial Intelligence. He called his creation "C-Life" and managed to make her aware, thinking, and feeling. However, he soon found himself in love with this C-Life girl and wanted to be closer to her, so he digitized and uploaded himself into his computer core, where the two "made love" by combining his DNA and her program core. The end result of their love was the birth of a half-human, half C-Life boy named "Pulseman". Pulseman was unique in that he didn't need to remain inside a computer to survive, and had the power to channel electricity through his body, using it both as a weapon and as a means of quick transport through the power of "Volteccer".

"Unfortunately, living in the computer world for so long twisted Doc Yoshiyama's mind, corrupting his brainwaves and his body. Doc Yoshiyama emerged back into the human world, but twisted and changed into the evil Doc Waruyama. Now, Doc Waruyama establishes the Galaxy Gang, spreading a new wave of cyber-terrorism across the world, and Pulseman must fight his own father and put an end to his gang for the sake of the free world."

Gamelion's WiiWare game Furry Legends is nearing completion, and to celebrate a new trailer has been released.

This trailer makes it look an awful lot like Rolando 2, which in my mind is a good thing. One can only hope that it delivers some quality platforming alongside it.

Water Warfare

Wii Points: 800
Game Type: FPS
Control Type: Wii Remote & Nunchuk
Players: 1-8
Publisher: Hudsonsoft.

"Water Warfare is a comical first person shooter that uses water guns to battle and soak your opponents. Each map, a Playground, Beach, Plaza, or Nature Park theme, is generated automatically when the game is on, where you can think up new strategies each time you engage! Game modes include Single Player Missions, CPU Match, and 2-Player Split Screen. On top of that, you can connect to Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection to battle with up to eight players from around the world, or participate in Ranking Mode."

Reel Fishing Challenge

Wii Points: 500
Game Type: Fishing Game
Control Type: Wii Remote, Nunchuk
Players: 1
Publisher: Natsume, Inc.

"Reel Fishing Challenge offers a fun and challenging experience for novice fishers and master anglers alike. Put your skills to the test and discover new types of fish in the challenging mission mode, or relax and enjoy the game at your own pace in free play mode. No matter which mode you play, the game's beautiful graphics and natural setting bring the fishing experience to life. Choose from a variety of lures to attract and hook the game's numerous wily fish. Each fish looks and moves so much like the real thing, it's the closest you can get to real-life fishing without putting on your waders!"

Silver Star Reversi

Wii Points: 500
Game Type: Board Game
Control Type: Wii Remote
Players: 1-2
Publisher: Agetec, Inc.

"Silver Star Reversi has 2 modes - 1-Player and 2-Player. 1-Player mode allows you to play a match against the computer opponent. 2-Player mode allows you to play against another person. In 1-Player mode, you can select amongst 5 different computer opponents, as well as turn the background music off, adjust sound effects, and access in-game help features. Also, during the match, you can redo your last move, save the game at any point, or resign from the game. After the match has ended, you can review each move made during the match. While reviewing the match like this, you can resume that match at any point."

Fantasy Zone™ II: The Tears of Opa-Opa

Original platform: SEGA MASTER SYSTEM
Wii Points: 500
Game Type: Shooter
Publisher: Sega

"Ten years have elapsed since Opa-Opa restored peace to the Fantasy Zone. Now history is repeating itself, and the planets that make up the Fantasy Zone once again find themselves attacked by the mastermind of the Nenon planet forces. This mastermind is secretly constructing a huge fortress in the Fantasy Zone and aims to put an end to their ambitious plans. Just as he did 10 years ago, Opa-Opa must do battle to save the Fantasy Zone."

Puzzle Bobble Plus!

Wii Points: 800
Game Type: Puzzle
Control Type: Wii Remote
Players: 1-2
Publisher: TAITO CORP.

The latest in the Puzzle Bobble / Bust A Move Franchise - Puzzle Bobble Plus! Connect 3 colored bubbles together and complete the puzzle! The game has two modes - "1P PUZZLE" where each ZONE has been divided into 135 mode, then clear the stage clear time and score. "BATTLE" COM mode is fun to play and to play with other players. Use the Nintendo Wifi Connection to purchase additional content through the service connection, you can enjoy new stages.

Water Warfare

Wii Points: 800
Game Type: FPS
Control Type: Wii Remote & Nunchuk
Players: 1-8
Publisher: Hudsonsoft.

"Presenting the second first-person-shooter to hit WiiWare (the first being Hudson's very own raved about Onslaught)! Water Warfare is not only the second FPS, but also the very first family-friendly FPS downloadable digitial title for the Wii. Fast-paced and action-packed with no blood and gore, prepare to soak your friends and family in an all out water fight!

"Water Warfare is an FPS devoid of bullets and other bad stuff. Players will be able to run around playgrounds and beaches with their trusty watergun in hand, soaking any poor chap who crosses their path. Not only are there a bucket-full of items in Water Warfare such as squirt shotguns, rocket launchers, and more being fired at you, there are also ample defensive items to take on that barrage of mayhem. Protect yourself with towels, raincoats, and anything else you can find!"

SimEarth: The Living Planet

Original platform: TurboGrafx16 CD-ROM
Wii Points: 800
Game Type: Simulation
Publisher: Hudson Entertainment

"An entire planet becomes your laboratory in this large-scale simulation game. Players help foster new life and promote its evolution into life-forms of higher intelligence. Guide civilization along the path of evolution until it can achieve Exodus, the ultimate goal of settling on another planet. The basic challenge of the game is to maintain a comfortable environment for the life-forms by adjusting atmospheric and geological parameters. Small organisms called Prokaryote and Trichordate will grow and evolve into a multitude of life-forms. Making a drastic change is a recipe for disaster. The key to success is to make small adjustments and watch how the life-forms react. SimEarth also includes planets with environments different from Earth, such as Mars and Venus. Try your hand at terraforming these planets with harsh conditions into a world where life can thrive."

Altered Beast Arcade

Original platform: Aracde
Wii Points: 800
Game Type: Action
Publisher: Sega

"When Zeus, the legendary Greek God, brings you back to life, set forth on a mission to rescue Zeus' daughter Athena from the underworld in Altered Beast. Along the way, collect the Spirit Balls dropped by enemies to increase your strength and transform into a variety of mythical creatures with powerful attacks."

In this 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 Crystal Dynamics, Trion 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 in each market area this week include:

Cosmonaut Games have revealed their first title for digital download - 5 Spots Party, a casual WiiWare title based on "find the differences" puzzles.

The game consists of over 300 different photos where one side is different to the other, and the objective is to find all the differences the fastest. The game will also support a 4 player mode so anyone can go in and play.

It's a nice concept that'll actually play quite well on WiiWare - but it is an incredibly casual game. It will be interesting to see if this catches on at all.

Source: 5 Spots Party press release.

NEVES Plus

Wii Points: 600
Game Type: Puzzle
Control Type: Wii Remote
Players: 1-4
Publisher:YUKES Company of America

"Try your hand at the newest addicting puzzle craze to come out of Japan—NEVES Plus! Enhanced for WiiWare, NEVES Plus not only retains all the simple, mind-bending tangram-based game play from the original Nintendo DS version but includes all new multiplayer modes wrapped up in an Egyptian theme. This time, you and up to three others can work together to move, rotate, and flip the seven Lucky stones into each of the 500+ silhouette puzzles. Or, you can challenge one another in any of the new multiplayer modes such as Versus, Speed, Lucky Number, and Party Mode! Whether you play every mode by yourself or with friends, NEVES Plus is set to charm you with its deceptively harder-than-they-look silhouette puzzles."

Family Mini Golf

Wii Points: 500
Game Type: Sports
Control Type: Wii Remote
Players: 1-8
Publisher: Aksys Games
Unique Features: Add-on Content

"Daddy, Mommy, Sarah, and Billy are back for some mini-golf action! Play through multiple golf courses that contain obstacles ranging from bumpers to speed ramps to fans and more! Up to eight players can play with one another using a single Wii Remote! See who among all your friends is truly the best at tackling every course. You can download new courses to continue the fun-filled mini-golf experience. They up the ante, creating even more complex and difficult mini-golf courses to overcome. Can you conquer all the courses and become the mini-golf champion!?"

Drill Sergeant Mindstrong

Wii Points: 800
Game Type: Puzzle
Control Type: Wii Remote, Nunchuk
Players: 1-4
Publisher: XSEED Games

"Line up and get ready to use your mind! Drill Sergeant Mindstrong is a party game that allows up to four people to play at once. Players will become boot-camp trainees under the tough Drill Sergeant Mindstrong and go through mind-boggling, mind-strengthening training games. The rules are simple, but concentration and quick thinking are both key to playing this game and emerging as lean, mean, thinking machines. Become the top boot of your class and earn promotions based on your efforts! This game is best played with friends and family."

SimEarth: The Living Planet

Original platform: TurboGrafx16 CD-ROM
Wii Points: 800
Game Type: Simulation
Publisher: Hudson Entertainment

"An entire planet becomes your laboratory in this large-scale simulation game. Players help foster new life and promote its evolution into life-forms of higher intelligence. Guide civilization along the path of evolution until it can achieve Exodus, the ultimate goal of settling on another planet. The basic challenge of the game is to maintain a comfortable environment for the life-forms by adjusting atmospheric and geological parameters. Small organisms called Prokaryote and Trichordate will grow and evolve into a multitude of life-forms. Making a drastic change is a recipe for disaster. The key to success is to make small adjustments and watch how the life-forms react. SimEarth also includes planets with environments different from Earth, such as Mars and Venus. Try your hand at terraforming these planets with harsh conditions into a world where life can thrive."

Icarian: Kindred Spirits

Wii Points: 1,000
Game Type: Platform, Adventure, Action
Control Type: Wii Remote
Players: 1-2
Publisher: Over The Top Games

"In Icarian: Kindred Spirits, you take on the role of Nyx, a winged girl from the divine realm of Olympus in Ancient Greece. Your human friend, Icarus, has mysteriously disappeared and you must travel through the scorched and derelict lands in this side-scrolling platformer to find and save him. Use puzzling skills and dexterity to overcome obstacles and fast reflexes to vanquish enemies - and you may succeed in your quest......

Luckily, you receive divine help from the gods of Ancient Greece during your journey and are bestowed with various powers as you search though the wastes. You can control all the action as a lone hero or tackle the adventure with a friend. One of you plays as Nyx, while the other controls the divine powers on a second Wii Remote. So why not share the experience? You’ll need great co-ordination and impeccable teamwork to make it through this mythical mission."

Let's CATCH

Wii Points: 1,000
Game Type: Sports
Control Type: Wii Remote
Players: 1-4
Publisher: SEGA

"Play catch with friends in multiplayer party games and compete for high scores using your Mii character and others. Choose from six different single and multiplayer modes such as Speed Catch, which tests your ability to catch a fastball, and Bomb Catch, an elimination party game for up to four players. Select from a variety of characters or use your Mii character to play other favorite catch games. Unlock special features when you own both Let's TAP and Let's CATCH."

In this 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 Bungie, Relic Entertainment 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 in each market area this week include: