You'd figure it'd be all hands on deck for the supposed Alan Wake continuation, but the minds and hands at Remedy Entertainment are still finding the time to support their racer Death Rally [$2.99] with a stream of post-release content. This morning's update is a good one, too, as it adds a new level, a brand new mechanic, and a lot of fixes and tweaks.

Digging right into it, version 1.3 ushers in a brand new track called "Eureka." It's set in a frozen environment and features a "unique" camera angle. It also boasts a new mechanic: the studio has created and implemented a new track unlocking system that'll allow you to collect pieces of new levels as you race. This is similar to how you put guns together and then earn them when you grab all the individual pieces via campaign play.

Oh, and no worries about losing all your save data again during an iPod switch � a key value add in this latest update are back-ups that restore game progress based on what you've unlocked in Game Center. Not perfect, but it's better than nothing, right?

As for the tweaks and bug fixes, there's a lot. The one that jumps out at me is the random challenge bug fix, which now prevents the game from crashing in some cases. Also, the menus in the game have been "improved" for the iPhone 4 and original iPad, new sound has been added for the Stryker and the level Velodrama, and "further" support has been added to older iPod Touches and iPhones due to "reduced memory consumption."

Death Rally, if you didn't know, is a particularly sharp over-the-top racing game as noted in our review. The game hit first in March, but we actually featured it in our April game listings after upping the review to a five-star rating as a direct result of these awesome updates. Check it out!

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Airtel has launched its mCommerce service � Airtel Money, in Chennai, after the launch in Guragon this January. This lets the Airtel customers to make cashless payment using their mobile phone. Airtel has tied up with 750 merchants across Chennai including, Oriental Cuisines (Benjarong, Zara, Cascade and French Loaf), Univercell, Poorvika, Inox, PVR, Bharti AXA, LIC and more.

Other than retail payments, customers can also recharge any Airtel prepaid number or Airtel DTH, pay Airtel postpaid bills and electricity bills. As a promotional offer, there are special discounts for recharges and bill payments made through Airtel Money that include

  • Special talk time offers for Airtel prepaid users for the recharge�denominations�of Rs 75 and Rs 99
  • 5% discount on monthly bill value for Airtel postpaid customers
  • 5% extra value for DTH customers for the recharge greater than Rs 500

To use Airtel money, Airtel customers need to

  • Register at Airtel Money outlet by filling an application form and submit ID and address proofs and 2 passport size photographs.
  • Initial deposit for Airtel money is Rs 150, in which Rs 50 will be deducted for activation and Rs 100 would be credited back to your Airtel money account.
  • Your existing airtel SIM will be upgraded to the new 64K airtel SIM with airtel money service
  • Set your airtel money MPIN, that will be used for transactions.
  • Load cash to your Airtel Money account from your Airtel Money cash point
  • Perform the transactions after Airtel money is activated (takes 24 hours), which is limited to Rs 5,000/day and Rs 50,000 /month.

Airtel plans to roll out the service across other cities in phased manner. To know more about this service Airtel customers can call 12121 (toll-free) from their mobile phone and non-airtel mobile customers can dial 8800012121 or visit airtelmoney.in

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Ever dream of managing your own baseball team? How about wishing you could run out on the field and yank that lousy pitcher off the mound yourself? Out of the Park Baseball 2011 [$4.99] has finally come to iOS devices, and satiates both those desires and more. Developed by Out of the Park Developments, iOOTP is a text-based baseball management sim originally released for the PC back in 1999. Despite shockingly low user ratings, the 2007 version of OOTP Baseball actually holds the title of 2nd highest rated PC game of all time by Metacritic. The reason? This is the baseball management franchise to own.

Sports management simulation games are all about statistics and strategy. Instead of getting in the game and taking direct control of the players, you sit on the sideline and make all the game changing decisions playing as the teams owner or manager. With a pile of statistics at your fingertips, it's up to you to make the right calls. Because of how technical most aspects of iOOTP are, if you're not an absolute baseball fanatic it's probably safe to steer clear. However, for those of you that pour over every line of your fantasy lineups season after season, dying to make those crucial trades, and can't get enough of running their own franchise� This game was made for you.

iOOTP gives you complete control of your entire major league team. With an easy to use overview from changing your lineups and rotations, to the leagues player trades, the amount of information available to you is mind-blowing. Building up your dream roster by trading players and offering up contracts to new players is where the fun really comes in. While all this may be a little overwhelming for people new to the genre, the games menus are laid out well and makes navigating between your rosters, trade info and player stats a breeze.

Two options are available for the actual games of baseball. First off, you can have iOOTP simulate absolutely everything, or you can take control of the game as the coach. Playing this way grants full control of players on the field, from who steals home, to how far your outfielders are. Every crucial decision in game lies with you.

After each pitch the game spits out a line by line commentary of what's happening on the field, and there's also a graphic of the baseball diamond showing you what players are where. Even though it's not much to look at in the visuals department, and there's absolutely no audio to be heard, it's still hard not to get drawn into a 9-inning match up with all the different options and strategies at your fingertips.

Full seasons can be played with incredible levels of depth, and even a hall of fame for your best players. From the various injury reports, player stats, and team stats, there's a lot to dig through, and a clever menu system makes navigating through all this data very easy. Seasoned players of the OOTP series will feel right at home with the new touch interface, and nothing is too complicated for new players (assuming you already know all the detailed ins and outs of the game of baseball).

With a great menu system driving the entire game, excellent AI, and the ability to micro-manage almost everything you could dream of in a sports game, it's hard to want anything else of a mobile baseball management sim.

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Sony Ericsson has introduced the latest addition to their range of Walkman phones by announcing the WT18i for the Chinese market.

The phone runs on the Chinese version of Google's Android 2.2 Froyo called OPhone 2.5 and it is compatible with all Android applications compatible on the original Froyo OS.

The specifications of the device are:

  • 106�56.5�14.3mm, 110 grams
  • 806 MHz Marvell PXA920 CPU
  • 3.2? Touchscreen with HVGA (320�480 pixels) Resolution
  • 3 Megapixel Camera with 480p Video Recording at 24fps
  • 150 MB Internal Memory, GPS
  • Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR, FM Tuner
  • microSD Card Slot, 1200 mAH Battery

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