[From Gamasutra's creators, GamerBytes is a blog about downloadable console & handheld games - from XBLA through WiiWare, PSN and DSiWare to PSP Minis.]

GamerBytes: WiiWare

March 19, 2010

DSiWare, WiiWare: EU Nintendo Update - Castlevania: Rondo Of Blood, Photo Dojo, Muscle March And A Bloody Flashlight

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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.

March 18, 2010

DSiWare, WiiWare: Where's Waldo / Wally Sneaking Onto WiiWare And DSiWare

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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

March 15, 2010

DSiWare, PSN, PSN Minis, WiiWare, XBLA: GDC Sees Record Attendance, Reveals 2011 Dates

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.

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DSiWare, WiiWare: NA Nintendo Update - Castlevania: Rondo Of Blood, Car Jack Streets And More

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If you've ever complained about the lack of Virtual Console content, now is the time to pipe down - Castlevania: Rondo Of Blood is now out for 900 Nintendo Points. Go get it.

On the WiiWare front this week we've got Rage Of The Gladiator, the first person fighting game which supports the Wii Motion Plus, and Triple Shot Sports, an iPhone sports port, for 500 Points.

For DSiWare we've got 4 titles - Battle of Giants™: Dinosaurs – Fight For Survival for 800 Points, Gameloft's Zoo Frenzy for 500 Points, Teyon's 101 MiniGolf World for 500 Points and finally Car Jack Streets from Tag Games, an enhanced port of their original mobile phone title - Car Jack Streets is essentially classic GTA on the go. Might be the one to grab this week.

March 12, 2010

DSiWare, WiiWare: EU Nintendo Update - Military Madness, Ironclad, And More

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Despite some earlier press releases making it sound like Castlevania: Rondo of Blood was coming out today, but that's not the case - but the Hanbai Festival for Virtual Console has started with some new import titles.

Lode Runner and Ironclad are now available for 600 and 1,000 Points each - Lode Runner already bested on the system by Battle Lode Runner, so it seems like a bit of a waste, but Iron Clad is a pretty sweet shooter.

For the WiiWare release this week we've got Military Madness. Popping up late last year on the Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network, this WiiWare version has finally made it out. It's fully intact compared to its HD brethren, so if you're up for some turn based tank action, give it a look for 1,000 Points.

For DSiWare we've got some slim pickings - Elemental Masters for 800 Points, 4 Travellers: Play Spanish for 800 Points and Simply Mahjong and Simply Sudoku for 200 Points each.

March 9, 2010

DSiWare, WiiWare: Chillingo's Sneezies Coming To WiiWare

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Chillingo's chain reaction puzzler Sneezies will be coming to WiiWare, says the German USK rating board.

A simple game, Sneezies plays similarly to Every Extend Extra on the PSP - create a destruction point and see a chain reaction flow through the items on screen. Except instead of spiky shapes you're making cute little characters sneeze.

The iPhone version is a super simple game, and going by the Dracula Unleashed port they probably won't be doing much more to the game. If they are continuing this way I do hope they bring Angry Birds and Defender Chronicles to the platform - they'd fit in perfectly with the Wii Remote.

March 8, 2010

PSN, PSN Minis, WiiWare, XBLA: Team 17 Update On Upcoming Projects And DLC

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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.

WiiWare: Shin'en Announced Jett Rocket for WiiWare

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German developer Shin'en have announced their third WiiWare title - Jett Rocket, an ambitious 3D platformer featuring a cute little guy fighting against the Power Plant Posse.

Much like Shin'en's previous titles Art of Balance and Fun! Fun! Minigolf, the game is striking in its art design. Shows just what some quality shaders can do in 40MB.

The game is a 3D platformer but also takes on a ton of different gameplay styles - just in the screenshots we can see him grabbing a helicopter blade, using a Jet Boat and using a parachute.

The game will be coming exclusively to WiiWare and should be coming pretty soon.

DSiWare, WiiWare: NA Nintendo Update: Max & The Magic Marker, Finaly Fantasy II (ie; IV) And More

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This week's Nintendo Update will leave Wii owners with some quality games to play - notably Max & The Magic Marker for 1,000 Wii Points as well as Dracula: Undead Awakening, also for 1,000 Points.

But hey, we finally have a Virtual Console game we should be happy about - Final Fantasy II, aka IV if you're going by the correct numbering scheme, which you can get for 800 Points. Odd that they're calling it number 2 in this release - I would have thought they'd try to keep away of the confusing numbering system.

For DSiWare we've got Elemental Masters, a fantasy card game which doesn't look too bad going by the screenshots. We also have the DSiWare version of Dracula for 500 Points, 4 TRAVELLERS - Play Spanish, a mini game collection to help you learn Spanish for 800 Points, and finally Flips: The Bubonic Builders for 500 Points.

March 5, 2010

DSiWare, WiiWare: EU Nintendo Update - Mega Man 10, BIT.TRIP VOID, Dark Void Zero And More

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Man, this might be the best weekend start Europe's had in a long time for the Nintendo Stores - quality stuff all around. Heck, I could buy most of these without blinking.

Mega Man 10 is now available on WiiWare for 1,000 Points, BIT.TRIP VOID (a little late compared to its American release) is now available for 500 Points for those with a Wii, both top-quality titles. The side dish is a new Virtual Console release - Zaxxon for 500 Points.

On the DSiWare front we've got 4 releases - Dark Void Zero is finally out for 500 Points, Pinball Pulse: The Ancients Beckon for 500 Points, Globulos Party for 500 Points, Flips: The Bubonic Builders for 500 Points, and finally Gameloft's Real Football 2010 for 800 Points.

Big week - you can actually buy something!

DSiWare, PSN, PSN Minis, WiiWare, XBLA: Round-Up: Gamasutra Network Jobs, Week Of March 5

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."

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March 1, 2010

DSiWare, WiiWare: NA Nintendo Update - Mega Man 10, Globulos Party, Let's Golf And More

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Capcom's Mega Man 10 is now available on North American WiiWare. The game will be popping up in Europe later this week and will pop up on PlayStation Network and XBLA later this month - fun for any system, so grab it now.

Also on WiiWare this week is Dart Rage for 600 Points and Happy Hammerin’ for 500 Points.

For DSiWare we've got Gameloft's Let's Golf! for 800 Points, Globulos Party for 500 Points, VT Tennis from Virtual Toys for 500 Points, and Flips: Terror in Cubicle Four also for 500 Points.

For the Virtual Console this week we've got the Neo Geo title Fatal Fury Special for 900 Points.

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February 28, 2010

DSiWare, PSN, PSN Minis, WiiWare, XBLA: Best Of GamerBytes: Darn Those Greedy Raiders

zombieupd.jpg[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

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