While checking out SXSW ScreenBurn Arcade I came across the iVerse digital comics booth. The company is creating a digital comic reader for various platforms — including iPhone, iPad, and Android. Also, iVerse is one of the companies distributing comics to Sony’s PSN comic book store. To read more about it check out my full story over at ComicsPlusBlog.

The Splosion Man and The Maw developer, Twisted Pixel Games, debuted Comic Jumper gameplay for the first time today at the SXSW ScreenBurn Arcade. Michael Wilford demoed a preview build of their new game.
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Hey Gamers, it’s quite a lucky weekend for us all (if you’re in Austin), the fourth annual ScreenBurn has been opened to the public at South By Southwest.

ScreenBurn is an open floor event that takes place at the Austin Convention Center, from 2:00pm to 6:00pm on Friday, and 12:00pm to 6:00pm Saturday and Sunday. If you are interested in seeing what some well known game companies are up to (such as Twisted Pixel and Harmonix), as well as some more obscure ones, I would advise that you go check it out. I know it is probably difficult to pry yourself from Final Fantasy XIII, but if you manage to do it, you should drive, catch a bus, or even walk over to the Austin Convention Center and check out the floor, even grab some free key-chains and candy.

For more information, check out the official website. Also, keep an eye on our ScreenBurn coverage right here.

At the San Francisco GDC Adam Saltzman, co-developer of the popular iPhone game Canabalt, has announced that Flixel will be ported from Flash to the iPhone.
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Just a reminder to any Austin game devs out there, Phil Knoll’s second Flixel Jam will be kicking off this Saturday. The six hour game jam will kick off at 10:00am at the Austin Carver Branch Library. The hectic game development will continue until 4:30pm when a solid prototype for a game will be completed.
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Austin developer InMotion Software released their iPhone dungeon crawler Catacombs this past Thursday on the iTunes store. The $.99 title embodies many genre standards while incorporating a dual stick directional movent and attack system unique to the iPhone’s touchscreen. We’ve got a trailer, gallery, and press release below.
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From globalgamejam.org

Attention game developers, the second annual Global Game Jam will be kicking off next weekend, January 29th – 31st. Game developers around the world will be coming together to make games over the course of three days.
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Five hundred games! That’s a ton of content for the little Wii that could. So, what does Nintendo offer up for this milestone? Well, Super Smash Bros. (N64 – 1,000 Wii Points) for starters and Ninja Gaiden (NES – 600 Wii Points) for dessert. Another title of note is Dragon’s Lair (Nintendo DSi – 800 DSi Points). Not a bad start at all. Of course, there’s plenty more that has made its way to Wii Shopping Channels everywhere and you need only to make the jump to see it all.

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Want to make video games with other aspiring developers? Live in Austin? Check out Game Jam.

Sony launches the PSP’s Digital Comics store. Read on for the press release and impressions.