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PS3 owners who've been jealous of nearly every other platform's chance to get their hands on the unbridled power of "puh-laaazmuh" will be pleased to learn Gameloft's HD remake of Earthworm Jim, appropriately titled Earthworm Jim HD, will hit the PlayStation Store next Tuesday, August 3.

So, what bonus features has Gameloft injected into this version of the game as an apology for its tardiness? Well, it's available for $9.99, which is ... the exact same price as the Xbox 360 version. However, you don't have to do any conversions to arbitrary "Microbucks" -- it's just ten dollars, plain and simple. That's what the PS3 version offers: Convenience.

Earthworm Jim HD wriggles onto PSN August 3 originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Reporting its second quarter financials for 2010, the unassailable Gameloft appears to remain unassailed. The company reports sales of €33.6 million ($43.6 million) for the second quarter, a gain of nearly 15 percent over the same period last year, which saw sales of €29.3 million ($38 million). Taking the first half of 2010 as a whole, sales have reached the devilish amount of €6.66 million ($8.65 million), an 11 percent increase over the €60.1 million ($78.1 million) earned in the first half of 2009.

Gameloft pins the increase in sales on "increased market share in traditional Java and Brew phones as well as by the massive success enjoyed by Smartphones around the world." More specifically, the company's sales in the Apple App Store increased by a staggering 113 percent. With more smartphones (and devices like the iPad) on the way, and with digital distribution becoming more popular, Gameloft expects to sustain its growth through the end of 2010.

Gameloft Q2 sales up 15% (thanks, Apple!) originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 29 Jul 2010 02:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Even though it's a holiday here in the US, Nintendo has released a plethora of new downloadable titles for the Wii and DSi. It's a great thing, not simply because OMG moar gamez, but because it gives us a distraction from the day's festivities. There's only so much of Aunt Linda's trip to the Grand Canyon we can listen to, you know?

Continue reading NintendoWare Weekly: X-Scape, Ben 10, Wild Guns

NintendoWare Weekly: X-Scape, Ben 10, Wild Guns originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 31 May 2010 11:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Gameloft hasn't made much movement in the Android market since it promised to support the mobile platform last November. However, earlier today, the company launched 10 of its 3D games (all of which are currently available on iPhone) on a handful of Android-based handsets. PocketGamer reports that if you're rocking a Sony Ericsson Xperia X10, HTC Desire, Motorola Milestone, Motorola Motoroi or a Google Nexus One, you can now purchase one of the following titles:

• Asphalt 5
  
• Let's Golf!
  
• Assassin's Creed
  
• Hero of Sparta
  
• Gangstar: West Coast Hustle
  
• Dungeon Hunter
  
• Real Football 2010
  
• N.O.V.A. Near Orbit Vanguard Alliance
  
• Modern Combat: Sandstorm
  
• Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X

You can check out a video of these games running on the aforementioned mobile devices, as well as instructions on how to purchase them, just past the jump.

Continue reading Gameloft brings a selection of games to Android

Gameloft brings a selection of games to Android originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 19 May 2010 06:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Rather than posit that, yes, we are obviously the biggest non-arthropod invertebrate fans out there, we'll just point out how neat we think these "I love Jim" shirts are. They can be found, appropriately, in the latest trailer for upcoming digitally distributed HD re-release Earthworm Jim HD. We could use a bit more video from the gameplay department, sure, but what we see looks as good (if not better) than what we last saw last September in screenshots.

The video also introduces a contest for fans of the series that sees five winners being flown to NY to Gameloft's studio for an early chance to check out EJHD on Xbox Live Arcade this May. To enter, interested parties should head over to the Gameloft Facebook page and sign up, write a 500 character or less message on "Jim's wall" explaining your "most memorable moment playing Earthworm Jim" (like that time your brother Charlie slipped a sleeping pill into your chocolate milk so he could play it uninterrupted for four hours straight), and voila ici! The directions also note that the entry period ends on May 2, so we'd suggest you get to it -- right after you check out the trailer we've dropped below the fold.

[Thanks, Gavin Burbidge]

Continue reading Earthworm Jim HD trailer introduces snazzy t-shirts

Earthworm Jim HD trailer introduces snazzy t-shirts originally appeared on Joystiq on Sun, 18 Apr 2010 22:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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There are only two ways we could think to improve the UNO experience we currently have access to on the PS3 and 360:

1. Make it available on a handheld console, in order to emulate the joy of holding tiny cards in our hands.
2. Remove all camera functionality, in order to lessen the frequency with which we're exposed to strangers' bathing suit areas.

Fortunately, Gameloft is coming through for us in both respects with a downloadable PSP version of UNO, which is set to hit the U.S. and European PlayStation Stores on April 22. The game's video announcement (posted after the jump) mentions it will support local and online multiplayer matches, but doesn't say anything about a price. We've contacted Gameloft to discern this ever-important (yet, surprisingly, often excluded!) detail.

Continue reading Gameloft bringing downloadable UNO to PSP on April 22

Gameloft bringing downloadable UNO to PSP on April 22 originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 15 Apr 2010 21:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Xbox Live Arcade was once thought to be a bastion of independent game development, destined to help independent studios get their projects to the game-playing masses. While that's still true to a certain extent -- Ska Studios and Polytron say hi -- there's no denying that an increasingly large number of XBLA games are being created by major publishers and development houses. And now it seems as if Xbox Live Indie Games -- quite literally a bastion of independent game development -- might suffer the same fate.

Unstoppable mobile game publisher Gameloft (a subsidiary of Ubisoft) is officially entering the Indie Games space with Tank Battles. As the title implies, the game features tanks doing battle from a third-person perspective. If the title sounds familiar, it's because the game was already released on PSN last year as Battle Tanks. The game offers up to 4-players (locally or online) to duke it out and, truth be told, it looks pretty fun. Check out a trailer after the break.

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Continue reading Gameloft treads on XBL Indie games with Tank Battles

Gameloft treads on XBL Indie games with Tank Battles originally appeared on Joystiq on Sat, 10 Apr 2010 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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With the iPad set to launch April 3, we know a lot of you out there are wondering what types of games and apps there are to look forward to. Well, we reprogrammed the Joystiq bots to scour the iTunes App store for information on updates and new games, culling the data for you all. There's plenty to look forward to, so don't waste time reading this -- head past the break for the goods!

Continue reading iPad Roundup: Here's the stuff that may interest you

iPad Roundup: Here's the stuff that may interest you originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 02 Apr 2010 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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GamerBytes has stumbled (wriggled?) across the first screenshots for a newly announced DSiWare version of the original Earthworm Jim -- not to be confused with the upcoming HD remake. Unsurprisingly, it looks an awful lot like Earthworm Jim. The top screen is where the classic action takes place, while the touchscreen has been reserved for a level progress meter and a pause button (because the start button is just so hard to reach, right?). Another screenshot shows the bottom screen offering gameplay tips as well (hint: shoot the bad guys). All in all, as GamerBytes also points out, it looks essentially like the iPhone version of the game.

There is, however, a fairly obvious distinction between the two: The physical buttons of the DSi will make the submarine level significantly less impossible.

Earthworm Jim headed to DSiWare, first screens released originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 24 Mar 2010 20:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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