After last week, it's a great run for Apple again: There's that new beta iPhone OS 3.0 released (at least for the devs), and on the homebrew side of things, it's been a dive into emulators, complete with a QJ primer on emu guru ZodTTD.

Apple's App Store has reached its one-billionth download, and that's certainly a cause for a party. As part of their celebration, Apple has rolled out the list of the twenty most downloaded iPhone and iPod Touch applications, for both free and paid categories. Check them out at the full article.

 Wanna know what's the top ten list for the most popular PS1 games on the PS3's PlayStation Network? Of course you do. And Sony's dished out the info to Gamasutra, with some surprise to boot. Taking the top spot for the most downloaded PS1 title is Street Fighter Alpha from Capcom, originally released on August 2008. The rest of the list is in the full article.

Have you taken a look around the App Store yet? It's been around since early last month, and already, there's been a lot of downloading going on. If you still haven't taken the plunge yet, go grab your iPhone and see what's in store by reading the full article.

Crash Bandicoot decided that Mario isn't the only one with the right to play go-karting with his friends on the virtual race tracks. Vivendi Games Mobile has recently fielded Crash and his friends to compete against one another in 16 different tracks across eight exciting environments for the mobile gaming platform with Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart. For more details about this bite-sized racing title, check out our full article.

Fresh after his adventures with the Titans, Crash Bandicoot is at it again! Sierra Entertainment has announced Crash Bandicoot: Mind Over Mutant, where Crash has to save his friends from Neo Cortex, who's back with a new device of ultimate evil... and can send out text messages too. Details and screenshots in the full article.

European gamers have something new to look forward to as the Pan European Games Information revealed 25 recently-rated classic PSone titles for the PlayStation Network Europe. Everyone can expect these games to make an appearance on the PSN for the PAL region sometime soon. You can take a look at the list of games in the full article.

Go! Sports Skydiving finally landed on the Sony PlayStation 3 along with Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped. The latest PlayStation Store U.S. update is now online, and you can find out what's new by checking out the full article.

As Nintendo probably hoped, independent gaming studios are lining up for Wii Software, gunning for the chance to make it big in the wake of the Nintendo Wii's success. And like Nintendo of America announced, WiiWare games are definitely coming this year with Steel Penny Games' latest addition to the WiiWare collection announced to arrive sometime before the second half of 2008. More details at the full story.

Excited for this year's Fall Dashboard Update for the Microsoft Xbox 360? You very well should be! Not only are we getting a ton of improvements for our mean green machine, but also the ability to download and play games we might have missed on the original Xbox. That's putting the bang in your buck.

Check out the entire scoop about the update via the full article.