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Blizzard: You May Sell Your StarCraft 2 Maps…Eventually
9:20AM Mike Fahey | At BlizzCon 2009, Blizzard’s executive vice president of game design Rob Pardo revealed plans to allow modders to sell premium StarCraft II maps via the Battle.net service. More »
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Zune Co-Developed Video Series May Land on Live Too
2:20AM Brian Crecente | Cinemash, a new video series that will feature film and TV actors re-enacting their dream parts, is headed to the Zune and, perhaps, the Xbox 360 Marketplace. More »
The Easy Way To Convert MS Points To Dollars
2:44PM David Wildgoose | Useless at maths? We feel your pain. Microsoft doesn’t make it easy to work out how much money you’re actually spending when you fork over some MS Points on Xbox Live Marketplace. The Aussie dollar conversion rate is 100 Points = $1.65, not the simplest calculation do perform in your head when your thumb is hovered over the A button, eager to spend spend spend! Pro tip: bookmark the Microsoft Points Converter.
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By the Numbers: Analysing the Global Market
3:30AM Maggie Greene | Gamasutra has an interesting — if dry — analysis of a variety of sales figures from Nintendo’s investor presentation. While targeted towards a particular audience, the variety of graphs and pie charts illustrate what’s going on in the global marketplace: handheld and console sales, as well as first- and third-party software sales, shed light on how Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo are doing across the board. Of particular interest are the figures on the European market, which tends to be difficult to get a grasp on: More »
