GamesIndustry.biz Newsletter - 4th May 2010

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Today's top stories

Days of betting small and winning big on iPhone are gone - Firemint

07:30 - With high end developers now on the App Store, Flight Control dev says success needs investment

StarCraft II to sell 5m in first year

11:23 - COD: Black Ops to sell 26% less than Modern Warfare 2, says Creutz

Clint Hocking resigns from Ubisoft

07:58 - Creative director moves on after nine years and 12 million units shipped

Today's feature

The Flight Deck

Firemint's Alexandra Peters on how the Melbourne company is building its original IP iPhone business

The rest of today's news

Nintendo: 1 million Netflix users on Wii

12:05 - Movie service a hit as Wii passes milestone quicker than Xbox 360

World Cup victory for EA in UK charts

10:55 - EA's South African tie-in comes in ahead of Capcom's Super Street Fighter IV

ELSPA queries Tories on tax cuts

10:11 - Conservatives urged to clarify position as general election looms in UK

Fallen Earth developer drops 75% of staff

08:37 - Icarus Studios restructures six months after launching MMO

iPad sales pass 1 million

09:00 - Apple tablet reaches milestone sales more than twice as fast as iPhone

Jobs

Hot job:

Experienced Engine Programmer - FPS team/Ubisoft Massive (Ubisoft Massive) - Sweden

North America -

Senior Video Game Artist (Other Ocean Interactive) - Canada

Lead Designer (Slant Six Games) - Anywhere

Rest of World -

Head Of Studio - Rare Opportunity (Interactive Selection) - China

Senior Programmer (Gameplay) (MPG Universal) - Australia

Recent features

Dispelling the Myths of MMOs

Monumental's Paul Mayze explores the three key myths surrounding MMO games

Passed Around

Publishers hate the second hand market - but it may be the only thing that's propping up high street games retailers.

Bungie's Brian Jarrard

The studio director talks through the 10 year Activision deal and what it means for both companies

Best Buy's Marc Spence

Head of entertainment talks pre-owned, competition and USPs ahead of the opening of first UK store

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