GamesIndustry.biz Newsletter - 27th May 2010

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Today's top stories

PS3 increases global market share to 31%

09:00 - Sony's first quarter share up from 18 per cent in '09, company on track to sell 14m units in 2010

Rumours point to $149 Natal price point

09:26 - Unconfirmed reports suggest $299 console bundle for Xbox 360 motion-sensing camera

Apple surpasses Microsoft as biggest tech company

09:55 - Wall Street elevates iPhone maker to number one position, as consumer tech bests business

Today's feature

Force of Nature

Avalanche Studios' Christofer Sundberg on the creation of a new world and the reinforcement of an existing one

The rest of today's news

Zynga inks games deal with Yahoo!

08:08 - New partnership will allow Zynga to reach 600m users across Yahoo's web, messenger, games and mail services

Games market to reach $70 billion by 2015

08:31 - Analyst predicts industry decline to continue until 2012, until online and subscriptions take over

Nexon full year revenues up 56%

11:24 - Overseas sales overtake South Korea for the first time as North American revenues rise 31%

Bigpoint to publish RuneScape in France, Germany

10:00 - Jagex releasing four games through indie service DevLounge

Lost Planet 2 number one in Japan

10:28 - Capcom's co-op shooter fights off latest iteration of Konami's Pro Evolution Soccer

Jobs

Hot job:

Lead Games Designer (Aardvark Swift) - London, South East, England

UK & Europe -

Level Designer/Artist Roles - FPS (Interactive Selection) - Anywhere

Senior Games Animator Multi Genre Studio (OPM) - Midlands, England

North America -

Lead Multiplayer Programmer (MPG Universal) - Canada

Video Game Artist (Other Ocean Interactive) - Canada

Rest of World -

Lead Gameplay Programmer (SEGA Europe) - Brisbane, Australia

Character Artist (RealU) - Singapore

Recent features

War on Terrans

Blizzard's Frank Pearce and Bob Colayco talk StarCraft II, achievements and Korea

Insomniac and EA Partners

Ted Price and David DeMartini discuss the thinking behind going multiformat

NLGD's Seth van der Meer

The Dutch Festival of Games founder talks about this year's line-up and how the event has evolved over five years

Grand Thrift Auto

Eutechnyx' Darren Jobling discusses the business behind fee-to-play racing MMO Auto Club Revolution

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